John Morin Scott (mayor)

John Morin Scott
63rd Mayor of Philadelphia
In office
1841–1844
Preceded byJohn Swift
Succeeded byPeter McCall
President of the Select Council for Philadelphia
In office
1826–1832
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1815–1816, 1839
Personal details
Born(1789-10-25)October 25, 1789
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 3, 1858(1858-04-03) (aged 68)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyWhig
SpouseMary Emlen
RelationsLewis Allaire Scott (father)
John Morin Scott (grandfather)
Children8
EducationPrinceton University
OccupationLawyer, politician

John Morin Scott (October 25, 1789 – April 3, 1858) was an American politician who served as a Whig Party member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 to 1816, and again in 1839. He served several terms in the Common and Select Councils for Philadelphia and as president of the Select Council for Philadelphia from 1826 to 1832.

He served as the 63rd mayor of Philadelphia from 1841 to 1844 and was the first mayor of Philadelphia elected by popular vote rather than through appointment by the city councils. As mayor, he oversaw a turbulent time in Philadelphia history including the Lombard Street Riot and the Philadelphia Nativist Riots. He survived an assassination attempt in 1843 when he was shot in the back by a visitor to the mayor's office.

Early life and education

Scott was born on October 25, 1789, in New York, New York, to Lewis Allaire Scott and Juliana Sitgreaves. He graduated from Princeton University in 1805,[1] and moved with his mother and sister to Philadelphia[2] around 1807. He read law at the office of William Rawle,[3] was admitted to the Philadelphia bar on September 2, 1811, and the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on December 28, 1811.[3][4] He worked as a lawyer in Philadelphia.[2] He served as a lieutenant in the Second Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry regiment[4] at Camp DuPont[3] during the War of 1812.[2]

Career

He was a member of the Whig Party.[5] He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 to 1816, and again in 1839,[3] by which time he had become a member of the board of trustees of Lafayette College, on which he served from 1826 to 1847.[6][7] He served several terms in both the Common and Select City Councils for Philadelphia[3] and was elected president of the Select Council for Philadelphia from 1826 to 1832.[8] He was nominated as a Whig candidate for representative in the United States Congress but declined the offer.[9] He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention for the State of Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1838.[3]

John Morin Scott tombstone in Laurel Hill Cemetery

He was elected mayor of Philadelphia in 1841 and served for three years.[2] He was the first Philadelphia mayor to obtain the office through election by popular vote rather than by appointment of the city councils.[10] As mayor, he oversaw a turbulent time in Philadelphia history.[9] During the 1842 Lombard Street riot, Scott and Philadelphia constables responded to the racial violence by mostly arresting black victims.[11] On May 3, 1843,[12] he survived an assassination attempt when he was shot in the back by a visitor to the mayor's office.[9] During the 1844 Philadelphia Nativist Riots, Scott deployed the Pennsylvania Militia to protect Catholic properties[13] and pleaded with rioters to spare the destruction of St. Augustine Church.[14] He was hit in the chest with a rock thrown by protestors and the church was burned.[15] Scott left this post in 1844;[2] he died in Philadelphia on April 3, 1858, and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery.[16]

Personal life

He married Mary Emlen in 1817 and together they had eight children. He was the grandson of New York City lawyer, John Morin Scott.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Legal Accounts of John Morin Scott". findingaids.library.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "John Morin Scott family papers 1679-1893, (majority within 1800 - 1846)". findingaids.lib.umich.edu. Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. 1900. pp. 50–51. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "The Scotts of Ancrum in America". The Scott Genealogical Quarterly. 3 (4): 129. January 1990. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Tremel, Andrew. "Whig Party". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Skillman, David Bishop (1932). The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania: Lafayette College.
  7. ^ Coffin, Selden J. (1891). The Men of Lafayette. Easton: George W. West. p. 113. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  8. ^ Scharf, Thomas J.; Westcott, Thompson (1884). History of Philadelphia. 1609-1884. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co. p. 1708. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Jordan, John Woolf (1911). Colonial Families of Philadelphia. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1435–1436. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  10. ^ Weigley, Russell F. (1982). Philadelphia - A 300 Year History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 348. ISBN 0-393-01610-2. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  11. ^ Fischer, David Hackett (2022). African Founders. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-9821-4509-5. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  12. ^ Harry, Lou (1995). Strange Philadelphia - Stories from the City of Brotherly Love. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 59. ISBN 1-56639-375-2. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  13. ^ Danver, Steven L. (2010). Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations and Rebellions in American History. ABC-CLIO. p. 326. ISBN 9781598842227. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  14. ^ Beyer-Purvis, Amanda (Summer 2016). "The Philadelphia Bible Riots of 1844". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 83 (3): 366–393. doi:10.5325/pennhistory.83.3.0366. JSTOR 10.5325/pennhistory.83.3.0366. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  15. ^ Carnes, Jim (May 22, 2017). "In the City of Brotherly Love". www.learningforjustice.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  16. ^ "John Morin Scott". remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
Preceded by Mayor of Philadelphia
1841–1844
Succeeded by

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