Ralph James Scott (October 15, 1905 – August 5, 1983) was a Democratic

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from

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between 1957 and 1967.

Biography

Born near

Pinnacle, North Carolina Pinnacle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, approximately SSE of the town of Pilot Mountain, between Pilot Mountain State Park and Hanging Rock State Park. A ...

in Surry County, Scott attended public schools and then

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, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1930 and practiced in

Danbury, North Carolina Danbury is a city located in Danbury Township, Stokes County, North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 142. It is the county seat of Stokes County. Danbury is located on NC 8/ 89 approximately north of Winst ...

. Scott was elected to the

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in 1936, serving for one term, and was a delegate to state Democratic Party conventions from 1936 to 1968. He chaired the Executive Committee of the

Stokes County, North Carolina Stokes County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,520. Its county seat is Danbury. Stokes County is included in the Winston-Salem, N.C., Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

Democratic Party from 1936 to 1970, during that time serving as the solicitor of the twenty-first judicial district of North Carolina (1938–1956) and a member of the

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(for five terms, serving (January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967). Scott did not stand for election to a sixth term in 1966 and returned to his law practice; he lived in Danbury until his 1983 death, and is buried in the Pinnacle Baptist Church cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Ralph James 1905 births 1983 deaths Wake Forest University alumni People from Surry County, North Carolina Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina 20th-century American politicians