Scott Lord was a U.S. Representative

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 from New York

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Born in Nelson, New York

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, Lord attended the common schools and the local academies at Morrisville and Geneseo.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1842 and commenced practice in Mount Morris, New York

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He moved to Geneseo, the county seat, in 1847.
He served as judge of Livingston County 1847-1856.
He resumed the practice of law.
He moved to Utica, New York

Utica, New York

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, in 1872 and continued the practice of his profession.

Lord was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Forty-fourth

44th United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877).
He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1876 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against William W. Belknap

William W. Belknap

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, ex-Secretary of War.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth

45th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He moved to New York City in 1877 and again engaged in the practice of law.
He died in Morris Plains, New Jersey

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, September 10, 1885.
He was interred in Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York.

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