Scott Leavitt

Scott Leavitt

Scott Leavitt (born June 16, 1879 in Elk Rapids , Antrim County , Michigan , † October 19, 1966 in Newberg , Oregon ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1933 he represented the state of Montana in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Scott Leavitt's school days were interrupted by the Spanish-American War , in which he participated as a volunteer from Michigan. In this war he was deployed to Cuba . Upon his return, Leavitt studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . In 1901 he moved to Oregon, where he settled near Falls City . In his new home he worked as a teacher in three communities. From 1907 Scott Leavitt was employed by the forest administration. He held this office until 1917, in the meantime also in the states of Minnesota and Montana.

Political career

Scott Leavitt became a member of the Republican Party . In the 1922 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives for the state of Montana as the successor to Carl W. Riddick . After several re-elections, he was able to exercise this mandate between March 4, 1923 and March 3, 1933. In the meantime he was chairman of the Indian committee. In 1932 he was not re-elected. His mandate fell to Roy E. Ayers , the Democratic Party candidate .

Another résumé

In 1932 Scott Leavitt was a delegate to the Republican National Convention , in 1934 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . He then went back to work in the forest administration, this time in Wisconsin . In 1935 and 1936 he was head of the Spanish-American War Veterans Association. In 1941 Leavitt retired to Newberg, Oregon, where he died in 1966.

Web links

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

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