Robert Kingston Scott Politician

Robert Kingston Scott (July 8, 1826 – August 12, 1900) was an American Republican politician, the 74th Governor of South Carolina, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1891 he built a Queen Anne Italianate Victorian home in Napoleon, Ohio and lived there until his death in 1900. It still stands to this day in Napoleon on the corner of W. Clinton Street and Haley Ave.

Personal facts

Robert Kingston Scott
Birth dateJuly 08, 1826
Birth place
Armstrong County Pennsylvania
Date of deathAugust 12, 1900
Place of death
Napoleon Ohio
Profession
Lawyer , Physician

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Office holder

military operations
American Civil War
military branch
Union Army
military command68th Ohio Infantry
military rank
Brevet (military)
officeGovernor of South Carolina
party
Republican Party (United States)
service end1868
service start1861
successor
Franklin J. Moses Jr.

Robert Kingston Scott on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/scott.html