Zeno Scudder
Appearance
Zeno Scudder | |
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Massachusetts State Senate[2] | |
In office 1846–1848 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Barnstable, Massachusetts[2] | August 18, 1807
Died | June 26, 1857[1][2] Osterville section of Barnstable, Massachusetts[2] | (aged 49)
Political party | Whig |
Zeno Scudder (August 18, 1807 – June 26, 1857) was the son of Deacon Josiah[1] and Hannah Scudder. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Osterville, Massachusetts, on August 18, 1807. He had a paralysis in his right leg that made a naval career impossible. He studied medicine at Bowdoin College and then law at the Cambridge Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and conducted practice in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Scudder was a member of the Massachusetts Senate 1846–1848 and served as Senate President.
Scudder was elected as a
Thirty-third Congresses
. His special interest while in Congress was American Fisheries. He served from March 4, 1851, until his resignation on March 4, 1854.
Scudder died in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on June 26, 1857, and was interred in Hillside Cemetery, Osterville.
See also
- 69th Massachusetts General Court (1848)
References
- ^ a b c Freeman, Frederick (1862), History of Cape Cod: The Annals of the Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, Vol, II., Boston, MA: Frederick Freeman, p. 337
- ^ a b c d Swift, Charles Francis (1897), Cape Cod, the right arm of Massachusetts: An Historical Narrative, Yarmouth, MA: Register Publishing Company, p. 269
External links
- United States Congress. "Zeno Scudder (id: S000204)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Zeno Scudder at Find a Grave
- Soper Edwin L. (1959) Scudder Association, John Scudder, index 01, p. 166 Zeno Scudder