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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaScott Marion LOFTIN
(1878-1953)
Senate Years of Service:
1936-1936Party: DemocratLOFTIN, Scott Marion, a
Senator from Florida; born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala.,
September 14, 1878; moved to Pensacola, Fla., with his parents in
1887; attended the public schools and Washington and Lee University
at Lexington, Va.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1899 and
commenced practice in Pensacola, Fla.; member, State house of
representatives 1903-1905; prosecuting attorney of Escambia County
1904-1917; moved to Jacksonville, Fla., in 1917 to continue the
practice of law; member of the Attorney General’s Advisory
Committee on Crime 1934; president of the American Bar Association
1934; general counsel for the Florida East Coast Railway 1931-1941
and for a variety of other transportation-related businesses;
businessman with interests in railroads, shipping, and newspapers;
appointed on May 26, 1936, as a Democrat to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Park Trammell and
served from May 26 to November 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
in Highlands, N.C., September 22, 1953; interment in Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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