Today in Wheeling History: December 18--Nathan B. Scott, President of Wheeling's Central Glass Company, Wheeling City Council member, West Virginia State Senator, and U.S. Senator from West Virginia, was born near Quaker City, Ohio (1842).
Nathan Bay Scott was born on December 18, 1842, near Quaker City, Ohio. As a youth, he briefly worked in a general store before traveling to Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1859 to work as an ox driver. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1863, serving as a corporal and sergeant until 1865. After the war, Scott entered the glass manufacturing industry, working in Bellaire, Ohio and later becoming president of the Central Glass Company in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1876. In Wheeling, he served as an officer at banks including the Dollar Savings & Trust Company (a predecessor of WesBanco), which he co-founded. He served on the Wheeling City Council from 1881 to 1883. Scott then served two terms in the West Virginia Senate from 1883 to 1891 before being appointed to the Republican National Committee in 1888, on which he served for 24 years. He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate representing West Virginia in 1898 and reelected in 1904, serving from March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1911. During his Senate tenure, he chaired the Committee on Mines and Mining and served on the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. After leaving the Senate, Scott worked in banking in Washington, D.C. until his death on January 2, 1924. His remains were cremated and placed in a mausoleum in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington.
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Nathan Bay Scott was born on December 18, 1842, near Quaker City, Ohio. As a youth, he briefly worked in a general store before traveling to Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1859 to work as an ox driver. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1863, serving as a corporal and sergeant until 1865. After the war, Scott entered the glass manufacturing industry, working in Bellaire, Ohio and later becoming president of the Central Glass Company in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1876. In Wheeling, he served as an officer at banks including the Dollar Savings & Trust Company (a predecessor of WesBanco), which he co-founded. He served on the Wheeling City Council from 1881 to 1883. Scott then served two terms in the West Virginia Senate from 1883 to 1891 before being appointed to the Republican National Committee in 1888, on which he served for 24 years. He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate representing West Virginia in 1898 and reelected in 1904, serving from March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1911. During his Senate tenure, he chaired the Committee on Mines and Mining and served on the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. After leaving the Senate, Scott worked in banking in Washington, D.C. until his death on January 2, 1924. His remains were cremated and placed in a mausoleum in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington.
To learn more: (http://tinyurl.com/4mu5pmnf) (http://tinyurl.com/wrdzdnde) (http://tinyurl.com/7hdu7yyf) (http://tinyurl.com/yp4eysfp)
Photo Credits: West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Wikipedia, Find a Grave
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