Nathan B. Scott
Nathan B. Scott
- Wheeling - U. S. Senator. Born Guernsey Co., O.,
Dec. 18, 1842. Educated in public schools. Served
Union Army 1862 - 65. Located in Wheeling 1865.
Engaged in manufacture of glass 1881 to present. Pres.
Central Glass Co. Organized first savings bank in
State; Pres. of same. Dir. in number manufacturing
concerns; heavy oil producer. A Republican.
Ex-Pres. City Council. Elected State Senator 1882;
re-elected 1886. Appointed 1897 Commissioner of Internal
Revenue by Pres. McKinley. Elected U. S. Senator 1899;
Re-elected 1905. Member Executive Com. Nat. Republican
Committee since 1888.
Source:
Progressive West Virginians Some of the Men Who have
Built Up and Developed the State of West Virginia.
Compiled by Robert E. Murphy. Published in 1905 by The
Wheeling News, Wheeling, West Va.
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