page_title: George Montgomery Scott
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: George Montgomery Scott / References
caption_attribution_description: Headlines from the Tuesday, February 11, 1890 Salt Lake Tribune. The Liberal-sympathetic organ announces victory of the Liberal Party in the Salt Lake City mayoral race. This was the first time the Liberal Party had won Salt Lake, and the first time a non-Mormon mayor was elected.
context_page_description: George Montgomery Scott was a U.S. politician and entrepreneur, notable for being the first non-Mormon mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as mayor of Salt Lake City from 1890 to 1892.
  Scott was not a native of Utah, but was born in Chazy, New York to a merchant father. He followed his father's footsteps, and eventually found his way to California during the gold rush, opening a hardware store in San Francisco. In 1871 he was drawn to Utah for similar reasons, with the opening of mines along the Wasatch Range. He soon opened George M. Scott Hardware Company in Salt Lake City. The company grew and changed, the most impressive evidence of its prosperity was the Scott Building built in downtown on Main Street in 1888.
  In the 1890 election Scott defeated Spencer Clawson to be elected mayor of Salt Lake City.
  He died in San Mateo, California on November 19, 1915.
context_section_description: "George M. Scott Dies; Was City's First Gentile Mayor". Salt Lake Telegram. November 20, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved March 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  Short bio of Scott
caption: The Salt Lake Tribune triumphantly declares a Liberal Party victory in Salt Lake City.
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