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Biographies of Monongalia County, WV
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Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature,
Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals,
West Virigina, 1917
Source:
West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917,
Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate,
The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va.
pgs. 719 - 770
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
740 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
JOHN, WILLIAM SCOTT. (Republican.) Address:
Morgantown, West Va. One of the representatives from
Monongalia county. Born in that county January 10,
1878; educated in the public schools and the University,
receiving from the latter the degrees of A. B. and L. L. B.;
is a lawyer by profession; also interested in coal produc-
tion and agriculture; instructor in the University law
school 1904; law clerk for Supreme Court of Appeals
1905-7; elected to the Legislature in 1916; was minority
floor leader in the sessions of 1917; served on the following
committees: Judiciary, Railroads, Elections and Privi-
leges, Engrossed Bills and the Virginia Debt
Submitted by: Valerie Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net>
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