David Scott was an American politician who was elected in 1816 as a Democratic-Republican member of the United States House of Representatives to represent Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Scott resigned from the Fifteenth Congress before it assembled on December 1, 1817, having been appointed president and judge of the court of common pleas. References Sources The Political Graveyard 18th-century births 19th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas