Scoville was born in
Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from
Ruskin High School in Kansas City, in 1971. He served in the
United States Army during the
Vietnam War. Scoville received his
Juris Doctor degree from
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. Scoville was elected to the
Missouri House of Representatives in 1982, and served until October 1991, when he resigned to become an associate judge for the
Missouri Circuit Court of
Jackson County. He stepped down as a judge in 2013. He died at his home in
Blue Springs, Missouri. ==References==