Scully was born in
South Amboy, New Jersey, on September 19, 1868. He attended the public schools, and
Seton Hall College in
South Orange, New Jersey. He engaged in the marine towing and transportation business. Scully was a member of the board of education from 1893 to 1895 and served as the
Mayor of South Amboy, New Jersey in 1909 and 1910. He was elected as a Democrat to the
62nd United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1911 to March 4, 1921. He was a delegate to the
1912 Democratic National Convention. After he left Congress, he served again mayor of South Amboy, from 1921 until his death in that city on December 14, 1921. He was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery, South Amboy, New Jersey. ==References==