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				Title
				Scott, Robert Kingston
			
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				Coverage
				July 8, 1826–August 12, 1900
			
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						Author
						William C. Hine
					
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				Keywords
				Governor, Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, supported the election of the black congressmen Robert Brown Elliott and Robert DeLarge, and Alonzo Ransier served as the state’s first black lieutenant governor during Scott’s second term, Scott was unable to sustain the confidence of many Republicans and was thoroughly despised by almost every Democrat
			
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				Website Name
				South Carolina Encyclopedia
			
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				Publisher
				University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
			
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				URL
				https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/scott-robert-kingston/view/images
			
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				Access Date
				October 31, 2025
			
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				Original Published Date
				August 1, 2016
			
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				Date of Last Update
				August 23, 2022