Abram M. Scott

Abram Marshall Scott
7th Governor of Mississippi
In office January 9, 1832 – June 12, 1833
Lieutenant	Fountain Winston (1832) Office abolished (1832–1833)
Preceded by	Gerard Brandon
Succeeded by	Charles Lynch
5th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office January 1828 – January 9, 1832
Governor	Gerard Brandon
Preceded by	Gerard Brandon
Succeeded by	Fountain Winston
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
In office 1822
In office 1826–1827
Personal details
Born	(1785-03-13)March 13, 1785 Edgefield County, South Carolina
Died	June 12, 1833(1833-06-12) (aged 48) Jackson, Mississippi

Abram Marshall Scott (March 13, 1785 – June 12, 1833) was a politician in Mississippi. He was born in Edgefield County in the Province of South Carolina. He was an early settler of Wilkinson County, Mississippi and was instrumental in founding the town of Woodville, Mississippi. He held local political offices before his election to the Mississippi State Senate. As President of the Mississippi Senate he also served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi. He belonged to the National Republican Party.

Early life

Abram Marshall Scott was born in 1785 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He migrated to Wilkinson County, Mississippi early in his life, where he would serve as a tax collector. During the War of 1812, Scott served as a lieutenant in the 1st Mississippi Regiment of Volunteers.

Political career

Scott served as a delegate during Mississippi's Constitutional Convention of 1817, before serving in the state senate in 1822 and 1826–1827. In 1828, Scott was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, and in 1832, he was sworn in as the seventh Governor of Mississippi, having defeated Hiram Runnels in the general election of August 1831.

During Scott's administration, the State of South Carolina attempted to nullify a tariff passed by the United States Congress, leading to the Nullification Crisis, in which South Carolina's government threatened to secede from the United States. Like other southern states, Mississippi did not support South Carolina's actions, defusing the crisis.

In 1832, Mississippi ratified a new constitution, which led to a special election for public officials under the new constitution in May 1833. Scott was defeated by Hiram Runnels in this election, but due to disputes over the legality of the special election, Scott was permitted to remain in office. He served until he died on June 12, 1833, due to a cholera epidemic in Jackson, and was succeeded by Charles Lynch.

He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi. Scott County, Mississippi is named in his honor.

External links

• Abram Marshall Scott at National Governors Association
• "Abram M. Scott". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.