Thompson M. Scoon

Thompson Maxwell Scoon (August 29, 1888 – July 27, 1953) was an American farmer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on August 29, 1888, in Geneva, Ontario County, New York. He graduated from Cornell University. He was President of the Geneva Preserving Company and a director of the Geneva Trust Company. Later he engaged in farming in Seneca.[1] He married Elizabeth Bacon, and their only child was Thompson M. Scoon Jr. (1924–2003).

Scoon was for eight years Chairman of the Ontario County Civil Service Commission; and a member of the New York State Assembly (Ontario Co.) from 1951 until his death in 1953, sitting in the 168th and 169th New York State Legislatures.

He died on July 27, 1953,[2] in Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua, New York.

Sources

  1. New York Red Book (1953; pg. 241)
  2. Manual for Use of the Legislature (1954; pg. 1317)
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
Harry R. Marble
New York State Assembly
Ontario County

1951–1953
Succeeded by
Robert M. Quigley
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