James Scott (American politician)

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James Scott
Member of the
Navajo County district
In office
January 1921 – December 1922
Preceded byW. A. Parr
Succeeded byRobert L. Moore
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician

James Curtin was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the

Apache County
and the treasurer of Navajo County.

Biography

Scott was born in

Navajo County.[6] Scott's sheep ranch was located near Pinedale, and named "Los Pintos Rancho.[7][8]

Sheep brand of James Scott

In 1886, Scott ran for one of the two seats from

Los Angeles, California, in order to take advantage of better school options. Scott remained in Arizona to look after his business interests, and would travel to visit the family.[23][24][25] Scott's only son, Jimmy, died of Diphtheria in December 1899, after coming down with the disease on Thanksgiving.[15]

When the Arizona Wool Growers Association was incorporated in 1899, Scott was on the board of the directors, as well as being president of its eastern division.

Governor Kibbey appointed Scott to the state's sheep sanitary board.[29] In June 1908, Scott was stricken with an appendicitis, which made him seriously ill.[30][31] In October 1908, Scott was selected by the Republicans to run for the Navajo County Board of Supervisors.[32] In a very close election in November, the two Republicans, Scott and O. B. Sutton, narrowly defeated their two Democrat opponents. Scott finished in second, only 2 votes ahead of his nearest opponent.[33][34] In 1909, Scott was elected to the chairmanship of the state Sheep Sanitary Board.[35][36] He served until he was replaced in 1912, when Governor Hunt named three new members.[37]

In 1910, Scott was one of two candidates nominated by the Republicans as the representatives from Navajo County to the state's

Arizona State Senate seat from Navajo County. He won in November's general election.[45][46] He ran for re-election in 1922, and was unopposed in the Republican primary.[47] However, he was defeated by Democrat Robert L. Moore in the general election.[48]

Scott died at this home in Mesa on February 4, 1927.[2][49] In May 1927, a bronze tablet commemorating Scott, was installed on the second floor of the state capitol in Phoenix, joining six others already there of deceased members of the Constitutional Convention.[50]

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