Born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1782,[1] Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory in 1802.

[2] He presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Fourteenth Congress from the Territory of Missouri and served from August 6, 1816 to January 13, 1817, when the election was declared illegal and the seat vacant.

Scott was elected as a Delegate to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from August 4, 1817, to March 3, 1821.

His fellow miners found him guilty of murder and hanged near Placerville, California April 3, 1851.

Andre requested to be shot to spare his father's feelings because of his position in society, but was denied after a vote.