Zeno Scudder (August 18, 1807 – June 26, 1857) was the son of Deacon Josiah and Hannah Scudder. He was a member of the

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from

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. He was born in

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on August 18, 1807. He had a paralysis in his right leg that made a naval career impossible. He studied medicine at

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and then law at the Cambridge Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and conducted practice in

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. Scudder was a member of the

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1846–1848 and served as Senate President. Scudder was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and

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es. 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

on June 26, 1857 and was interred in Hillside Cemetery, Osterville.

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* * *Soper Edwin L. (1959) Scudder Association, John Scudder, index 01, p. 16
Zeno Scudder
Massachusetts state senators Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate 1807 births 1857 deaths Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians People from Osterville, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-MASenate-stub

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