Background
Scamman, John Fairfield was born on October 24, 1786 in Wells, Massachusetts (now Maine).
United States representative politician
Scamman, John Fairfield was born on October 24, 1786 in Wells, Massachusetts (now Maine).
He attended the common schools, then engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He was appointed collector of customs in Saco from 1829-1841. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). He was Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the United States Department of the Treasury (Twenty-ninth Congress).
Scamman served in the Maine State Senate in 1855 and died in Saco on May 22, 1858.
His interment was in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1817, elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1820 and 1821.