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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandGustavus SCOTT
(1753-1800)
SCOTT, Gustavus,
(grandfather of William Lawrence Scott), a Delegate from Maryland;
born at “Westwood,” Prince William County, Va., in
1753; went with his brother to Scotland in 1765 and studied at
King’s College, Aberdeen, Scotland; entered the Middle
Temple, London, England, in 1767, and completed his law studies in
1771; returned to Maryland in the latter year and settled in
Somerset County, Md., where he practiced law; delegate to the
Annapolis convention in 1774 and 1775; member of the Association of
the Freemen of Maryland; member of the first state constitutional
convention in 1776; moved to Dorchester County; member of the House
of Delegates in 1780; elected to the Continental Congress in 1784,
but did not attend; resumed the practice of law; moved to
Montgomery County in 1794; one of the commissioners to superintend
the erection of the public buildings in Washington, D.C.,
1794-1800; died in Washington, D.C., December 25, 1800; interment
on his farm in Virginia.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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