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Carlos Philander Scovil (February 26, 1804 – April 25, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was born in Collinsville, Lewis County, New York and died in Lowville, Lewis Co., New York.
Life
He was the son of Hezekiah Scovil (1779–1855) and Catherine (Brown) Scovil (1783–1850). He studied law in Collinsville, Turin and Martinsburg (then the county seat of Lewis County), and was admitted to the bar in 1830. He practiced law in partnership with Francis Seger in 1831.
He was Clerk of Lewis County from 1832 to 1840. On August 18, 1834, he married Mary Rockwell and they had two children. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Lewis Co.) in 1842.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) from 1843 to 1846, sitting in the 66th, 67th, 68th and 69th New York State Legislatures.
He was First Judge and Surrogate of the Lewis County Court from 1864 to 1874. He removed to Lowville, the county seat since 1864. He retired from the bench at the end of 1874 when he reached the constitutional age limit.
He was buried at the Lowville Rural Cemetery.
His daughter Christine Kellogg Scovil (b. 1840) was married to Assemblyman Henry A. Phillips (b. 1834).