Tully Scott

Born in St. Paris, Ohio, Scott began working at the age of ten, driving a team of mules during the construction of a turnpike in Ohio. He attended high school in St. Paris, and later moved with his family to Beloit, Kansas, where his father homesteaded land. Scott saved money to attend the Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University), completing the four-year course in two years while working to pay his expenses by caring for the college's livestock. After graduating, Scott studied law and was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1880. He practiced in Beloit, and from 1885 to 1889 served as receiver of public moneys in Oberlin, Kansas, appointed by President Grover Cleveland. ==Career==

Scott was active in Kansas Democratic politics, serving on the Democratic central committee and running unsuccessfully for Congress in 1900. but lost to Republican Samuel Nicholson. ==Personal life and death==

In December 1891, Scott married Harriet I. Hunter of Pana, Illinois, with whom he had three children: Kempthorne Scott of Dallas, Texas; Jack Garrett Scott of Antonito, Colorado; and Mrs. Mira Scott Frank of Denver. He also had two brothers, one living in Kansas City and another in Fresno, California. In February 1921, Scott suffered from a paralytic stroke that was so bad that he was prematurely reported by several newspapers to have died. Scott actually died at his home in Denver on May 4, 1924, at the age of 66, following complications from heart disease and his prior stroke. ==References==