Edward Scull, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Scull

American politician

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1818

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1900

Profession: lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Edward Scull (February 5, 1818 – July 10, 1900) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S.
House of Representatives for Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1893. Edward Scull was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He attended the common schools in Pittsburgh and preparatory school in Steubenville, Ohio.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844.
He moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania in 1846 and practiced law until 1857.
He served as prothonotary and clerk of the court for three years. He was appointed collector of internal revenue by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
He was removed by President Andrew Johnson in September 1866.
He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 20th district in 1871.
He served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864, 1876, and 1884.
He was appointed assessor of internal revenue by President Ulysses S.
Grant in April 1869, and again appointed collector, on March 22, 1873, and served until August 1883, when the district was consolidated with another.
He published and edited the Somerset Herald from 1852 to 1887. Scull was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-second Congresses.
After his time in Congress, he retired to Somerset.
He died in Somerset and is buried in Union Cemetery.