Charles L. Scott

Charles Lewis Scott ( born January 23, 1827 in Richmond, Virginia, † April 30, 1899 in Mount Pleasant, Alabama ) was an American politician. Between 1857 and 1861 he represented the State of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Scott attended the common schools and the Richmond Academy. Then he studied until 1846 at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. After a subsequent law degree in 1847 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Richmond in this profession. During the Gold Rush, he moved in 1849 to California, where he also was looking for gold. Since 1851, he practiced as a lawyer in Sonora. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1854 and 1856 he sat as a deputy in the California State Assembly.

In the congressional elections of 1856 Scott was in the second electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Philemon T. Herbert on March 4, 1857. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1861 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events in the immediate run-up to the Civil War. In 1860, Scott decided not to re- Congress candidate.

During the Civil War he served as a Major in the army of the Confederacy. Between 1869 and 1879 he worked in Wilcox County, Alabama in agriculture. He was also active as a journalist. Between 1868 and 1896, Scott was a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions. From 1885 to 1889 he was the successor of Jehu Baker American ambassador and consul in Venezuela. After that, he worked again in agriculture. He died on April 30, 1899 in Mount Pleasant.