Ralph James Scott was a Democratic U.S. Congressman

United States House of Representatives

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 from North Carolina

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 between 1957 and 1967.

Born near Pinnacle, North Carolina

Pinnacle, North Carolina

Pinnacle is an unincorporated community in southwestern Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, approximately five miles SSE of the town of Pilot Mountain, near Pilot Mountain State Park.-History:...

 in Surry County

Surry County, North Carolina

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, Scott attended public schools and then Wake Forest University

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

Danbury, North Carolina

Danbury is a town located in Danbury Township, Stokes County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 108. It is the county seat of Stokes County....

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Scott was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives

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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, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 44,711 people, 17,579 households, and 13,043 families residing in the county. The population density was 99 people per square mile . There were 19,262 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

 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 U.S. House of Representatives (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.