Scott Field

Scott Field (born January 26, 1847 in Canton , Madison County , Mississippi , †  December 20, 1931 in Calvert , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1907 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Scott Field attended McKee School in Madison County. Later, despite his youth, he took part in the civil war as a soldier in the Confederation Army . After the war he studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville until 1868 . After that he worked as a teacher for two years. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1872, he began to work in this profession in Calvert. From 1878 to 1882 he was a district attorney in the local Robertson County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1887 and 1891 he was a member of the Texas Senate . In 1892, Field was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where former President Grover Cleveland was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1902 Field was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Dudley G. Wooten on March 4, 1903 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1907 . In 1906 he renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Field initially practiced as a lawyer again. In 1913 he gave up this job to work intensively in agriculture. He died on December 20, 1931 in Calvert, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Scott Field in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Scott Field in the database of Find a Grave (English)