John Scammon (1865 - 1940)
Born at Stratham (NH); died at Exeter (NH).
Lawyer, merchant, state legislator, jurist.
Portrait by E. Wyatt Kimball, 1907.
Presented to the State, 1907.

Scammon (1865 - 1940) was born at Stratham (NH) and educated at Exeter schools and Phillips Exeter Academy (Class of 1884). Scammon began to study law, but he stopped after two years in order to work for the Boston & Maine Railroad. He also operated a market at Lynn (MA) for some years. Scammon finally returned to complete his law studies, and he was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1898. He joined the Exeter law firm of Eastman & Young (later Eastman, Scammon & Young), and he lived at Exeter the rest of his life.

Scammon was three times elected to the State House of Representatives (1903, 1905, 1913), serving each time on the Judiciary Committee. He was elected President of the State Senate in 1907. In 1915 Scammon served on the Executive Council with Governor Rolland Spaulding (1915 - 1917). In 1925 Scammon was appointed Associate Justice of State Superior Court; he retired from this position in 1936.

Reference: H. H. Metcalf, ed., New Hampshire Notables (1919); James D. Squires, The Granite State... (1956), volume 4.