Scott Field (Texas politician)
- Scott Field (Texas politician)
Scott Field (January 26, 1847 - December 20, 1931) was an American politician who represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1903-1906.
Field was born in Canton, Mississippi. He attended the McKee School in Madison County, Mississippi. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a member of the Harvey Scouts. Later, he served in Major General W.H. Jackson’s division, Forrest’s corps. After the war, he resumed his studies, and was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1868.
Field taught school for two years. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872. He moved to Calvert, Texas in 1872 and practiced law. He was the prosecuting attorney of Robertson County, Texas 1878-1882. Field also served in the Texas Senate 1887-1891 and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892.
Field was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Fiftieth Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law until 1913, when he engaged in extensive agricultural pursuits. He died in Calvert, Texas in 1931 and was buried in Calvert Cemetery.
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