Henry Austin Scudder

Henry Austin Scudder (November 25, 1819 – January 26, 1892), was a Massachusetts state legislator and judge.

Early life Henry Austin Scudder was born on November 25, 1819, in Osterville, Barnstable, Massachusetts, as the youngest son of Hannah (née Lovell) and Josiah Scudder. His cousin was Horace Scudder. He was a founder of Scroll and Key in 1842. He then studied law in the Barnstable office of his brother Zeno Scudder until the spring of 1844. He then studied an additional six months with George Tyler Bigelow of Boston.

Career Scudder began practicing law in Boston.

Scudder was a Republican.

Personal life Scudder married Nannie B. (née Tobey) Jackson, daughter of Charles B. Tobey, of Boston on June 30, 1857. Following his marriage, he lived in Dorchester. He spent the end of his life spending winters in Washington, D.C., and summers at his Willow Dell home in Marstons Mills of Barnstable. He had facial neuralgia.

Scudder had lived in the Hamilton House in Washington, D.C., for about 10 years. He died on January 26, 1892, at the Hamilton House.