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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganFrank Douglas SCOTT
(1878-1951)
SCOTT, Frank Douglas, a
Representative from Michigan; born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich.,
on August 25, 1878; attended the public schools; was graduated from
the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in
1901; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice
in Alpena; city attorney of Alpena in 1903 and 1904; city
prosecutor 1906-1910; member of the State senate 1911-1914 and
served as president pro tempore in 1913 and 1914; elected as a
Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the five succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1927); chairman, Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Sixty-ninth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1926; resumed the practice of his
profession in Washington, D.C.; died in Palm Beach, Fla., February
12, 1951; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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