- Scott Loftin
Scott Marion Loftin (
September 14 ,1878 -September 22 ,1953 ) was aUS Senator fromFlorida who served as a Democrat in 1936.Born in Montgomery,
Montgomery County, Alabama ; moved toPensacola, Florida , with his parents in 1887; attended the public schools andWashington and Lee University atLexington, Virginia ; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Pensacola, Fla.; member of theFlorida House of Representatives 1903-1905; prosecuting attorney ofEscambia County, Florida 1904-1917; moved toJacksonville, Florida , in 1917 to continue the practice of law; member of theAttorney General 's Advisory Committee on Crime 1934; president of theAmerican Bar Association 1934; general counsel for theFlorida East Coast Railway 1931-1941 and for a variety of other transportation-related businesses; businessman with interests in railroads, shipping, and newspapers; appointed onMay 26 , 1936, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofPark Trammell and served from May 26 toNovember 3 , 1936, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; resumed the practice of law in Jacksonville, Fla., until his death inHighlands, North Carolina ; interment in Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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