Richard Carter Scott (25 July 1859 – 27 January 1928) was an American judge and politician who served as the Attorney General of Virginia as a member of the

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from 1897 to 1898.

Early life

Richard Carter Scott was born in Warrenton, Virginia on 25 July 1859 to Robert Taylor Scott (1834-1897) and Frances Scott (1838-1923). Scott graduated from the University of Virginia whereupon he went into banking, before becoming an

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. Scott married Lucy Ellen Blair (1869-1953) on 25 November 1891 and went on to have four children.1880 U.S. Federal Census for Center dist. 45, Fauquier County, Virginia

Political career and death

Upon the death of Richard Carter Scott's father, incumbent Attorney General of Virginia Robert Taylor Scott on 5 August 1897, Governor Charles Triplett O'Ferrall appointed Scott to complete the remainder of his late father's term on 11 August 1897. In 1904, Scott was elected

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of the Circuit Courts of Henrico County and the City of Richmond. Scott died in

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on 27 January 1928.

References

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