Frank D. Scott

Frank D. Scott

Frank Douglas Scott (born August 25, 1878 in Alpena , Michigan , †  February 12, 1951 in Palm Beach , Florida ) was an American politician in the Republican Party . Between 1915 and 1927 he represented the state of Michigan in the House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Scott attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission as a lawyer in 1901, he began to work in his new profession in Alpena. In 1903 and 1904 he was the legal representative of this community. From 1906 to 1910 he worked as a public prosecutor.

Politically, Scott was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1911 and 1914 he was a member of the Michigan Senate , of which he had been president since 1913. In the 1914 congressional election he was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Francis O. Lindquist on March 4, 1915 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1927 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1919 and 1920, the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were passed. From 1925 to 1927 Scott chaired the committee that dealt with the merchant marine and fisheries issues.

In 1926 Frank Scott was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he stayed in the federal capital Washington, where he worked as a lawyer. He died on February 12, 1951 in Palm Beach and was buried in his birthplace, Alpena.

Web links

• Frank D. Scott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank D. Scott in the database of Find a Grave (English)