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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeLon Allen SCOTT
(1888-1931)
SCOTT, Lon Allen, a
Representative from Tennessee; born on a farm near Cypress Inn,
Wayne County, Tenn., September 25, 1888; moved with his parents to
Savannah, Hardin County, Tenn.; attended the public schools and
Savannah (Tenn.) Institute; was graduated from the law department
of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1915; engaged in
mercantile pursuits and the real estate and lumber business; member
of the State house of representatives 1913-1917 and served as
minority floor leader in 1915 and 1917; represented Tennessee in
the prosecution of Attorney General Estes in an impeachment
proceeding before the State senate; resigned as a State
representative and enlisted as a private in the United States
Marine Corps during the First World War; was promoted to a
lieutenancy; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress
(March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; resumed his former
business pursuits and resided in Savannah, Tenn., until his death
there on February 11, 1931; interment in Savannah Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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