He was elected a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1817, elected a member of the
Maine House of Representatives in 1820 and 1821. He was appointed collector of customs in
Saco from 1829 to 1841. He was elected as a
Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). He was Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the
US Department of the Treasury (Twenty-ninth Congress). Scamman served in the
Maine State Senate in 1855 and died in Saco on May 22, 1858. He was interred at
Laurel Hill Cemetery. ==References==