Abram M. Scott

Abram Marshall Scott ( * 1785 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, † June 12, 1833 in Jackson, Mississippi ) was an American politician and 1832-1833 Governor of the State of Mississippi.

Early years and political rise

Abram Scott attended the public schools of his home. After its move to the Mississippi Territory, he was a tax collector in Wilkinson County. At the British -American War of 1812 Scott participated as a lieutenant of the unit from Mississippi. After the war he was a delegate to the 1817 Constitutional Convention of Mississippi. In 1822 and from 1826 to 1827 he was a member of the Senate of Mississippi. At that time he also became a member of the newly formed Democratic Party of Andrew Jackson. Between 1828 and 1830, Scott served as Deputy Governor Deputy Governor of Gerard Brandon.

Governor of Mississippi

In August 1831 Abram Scott was elected governor of his state. This office he accepted on January 9, 1832. During his tenure, a new constitution came into force, the government reformed structure and which, inter alia, the Office of the Lieutenant-Governor was abolished. At that time, the Agriculture Bank was founded. In addition, other parts of the Indian country were released for settlement. Federal policy, this period was marked by the events surrounding the Nullifikationskrise. In the power struggle between President Jackson and the US-led U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun State of South Carolina the state of Mississippi and his native of South Carolina governor supported the position of President. The thought of a possible withdrawal from the Union was, unlike in 1861, discarded. In the elections of May 1833 Scott was defeated by Hiram Runnels. But before the end of his tenure, Scott fell ill of cholera, where he died on 12 June 1833. His unexpired term was the President of the Senate, Charles Lynch, ended. Abram Scott was married to Susan Gray, with whom he had three children.