Lewis Allaire Scott

Lewis Allaire Scott (February 11, 1759 – March 17, 1798) was an American politician.

Life

He was the son of John Morin Scott and Helena Rutgers Scott.

On January 18, 1785, he married Julianna Sitgreaves (sister of Samuel Sitgreaves), and their son was Mayor of Philadelphia John Morin Scott (1789–1858).

He was Secretary of State of New York from 1784 until his death in office.

He was buried at Trinity Church, New York.

Sources

Political Graveyard
His ancestry, at Illian
Descendants of Lewis Allaire Scott
Google Book The Lifes of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (W. Brotherhead, Philadelphia, 1859, pages 867ff on Philadelphia Mayor J. M. Scott and his ancestors)

Political offices
Preceded by John Morin Scott	Secretary of State of New York 1784–1798	Succeeded by Daniel Hale

Secretaries of State of New York

J Scott L Scott Hale T Tillotson Jenkins T Tillotson Jenkins Hale Jenkins Rensselaer Porter R Tillotson Cooper Yates Flagg Dix Spencer Campbell* Young Benton Morgan Randall Leavenworth Headley Tucker Floyd-Jones Ballard Depew Barlow Nelson Scribner Willers Bigelow Beach Carr Cook Rice Palmer McDonough O'Brien Whalen Koenig Lazansky May Hugo Lyons Hamilton Knapp Moses Flynn Walsh Curran DeSapio Simon Lomenzo Ghezzi Cuomo Paterson Shaffer Treadwell Daniels Milano* Jacobs Cortés-Vázquez Colón* Perales

* denotes Acting

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