William Lawrence Scott
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 27th district |
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In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel M. Brainerd |
| Succeeded by | Lewis F. Watson |
| 10th and 12th Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania |
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In office January 1, 1871 – December 31, 1871 |
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| Preceded by | Orange Noble |
| Succeeded by | Charles Manning Reed |
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In office January 1, 1866 – December 31, 1866 |
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| Preceded by | F. F. Farrar |
| Succeeded by | Orange Noble |
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July 2, 1828 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | September 19, 1891 (aged 63) Newport, Rhode Island |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Matilda Tracy |
| Relations | Gustavus Scott (grandfather) |
| Parents | Robert Scott Mary Ann Lewis |
| Alma mater | Hampden-Sydney College |
William Lawrence Scott (July 2, 1828 – September 19, 1891) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania as well as a prominent horse breeder and horse racer.
William Lawrence Scott was born on July 2, 1828 in Washington, D.C. to Mary Ann Lewis (d. 1879) and Colonel Robert Scott (U.S. Army) (1798–1835), of Virginia, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, who was detailed to the nation's capital at the time of his son's birth. Scott was orphaned as a boy. His elder brother, Robert Wainright Scott (1827–1866), was educated at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, serving with distinction in the U.S. Civil War, died while commander of the USS Saginaw, in Acapulco, Mexico on January 5, 1866.
His paternal grandfather was Gustavus Scott (1753–1800), a colonial lawyer and public official from Maryland who was appointed by President Washington the first Commissioner of Public Buildings for the City of Washington. His maternal grandfather was Col. Henry Lewis of Virginia, a Judge.
He attended the common schools and Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
From 1840 to 1846, Scott served as a United States House of Representatives Page. After returning to Erie, Pennsylvania with Charles Manning Reed, at the end of Reed's term in the U.S. Congress, he was employed as a shipping clerk at Reed's lakeside wharves for several years. He then spent some years traveling, working as a peddler, fisherman, and clerk until he was 23 years old.
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