R. Wilson Scarff (June 15, 1926 – March 16, 2009) was an American politician from Maryland. He served in the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the Maryland General Assembly, legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House ...

, representing

Harford County Harford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Stati ...

, from 1963 to 1974.

Early life

Ross Wilson Scarff was born on June 15, 1926, in

Fallston, Maryland Fallston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,958 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 8,427 in 2000. Fallston is a semi-rural community c ...

, to Addie (née Wilson) and G. Ross Scarff. He attended

Harford County Public Schools Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) is the public school district serving all of Harford County, Maryland. As the eighth-largest school system in the state, HCPS educates approximately 39,000 students across 55 schools, supported by 5,645 ded ...

Career

Scarff was a merchant. He served in the

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from 1951 to 1953. Scarff was a Republican. Scarff served in the

, representing

, from 1963 to 1974.

Personal life

Scarff married Elizabeth Anne Koller. His wife died in 2006. Scarff died on March 16, 2009, in

Bel Air, Maryland The town of Bel Air is the county seat of Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland. According to the 2020 United States census, the population of the town was 10,661. The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area in northeast ...

. He was buried at Bel Air Memorial Gardens.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarff, R. Wilson 1926 births 2009 deaths People from Fallston, Maryland Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates United States Army soldiers 20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly