Edward Scull

Edward Scull ( born February 5, 1818 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, † July 10, 1900 in Somerset, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1887 and 1893 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Scull attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree in 1844 and its recent approval as a lawyer he worked until 1857 in this profession. Since 1846 he lived in Somerset. He spent three years as an usher. In 1863 he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Collector of Internal Revenue in the financial management. From this position, he was released again in 1866 by the new President Andrew Johnson. Scull was a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1864, 1876 and 1884, he participated as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions relevant. 1869 Edward Scull was appointed to the Federal Finance Administration again by President Ulysses S. Grant. There he remained until August 1883. He has also worked in the newspaper industry and gave 1852-1887 the newspaper out Somerset Herald.

In the congressional elections of 1886, Scull was in the 17th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jacob Miller Campbell on March 4, 1887. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1893 three legislative periods. Since 1889 he represented there as the successor of John Patton the 20th district of his state. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Edward Scull is no longer politically have appeared. He died on July 10, 1900 in Somerset, where he was also buried.