Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994

LC control no.	n 50003968
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Scott, Hugh Doggett, Jr., 1900-1994
Birth date	1900-11-11
Death date	1994-07-21
Place of birth	Fredericksburg (Va.)
Place of death	Falls Church (Va.)
Affiliation	United States. Navy United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Legislators--United States
Found in	His Law of bailments ... 1931. LC data base, 12-18-86 (hdg.: Scott, Hugh Doggett, 1900- ; usage: Hugh Scott) NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for His Papers, 1925-1977 (Scott, Hugh; b. Hugh Doggett Scott; has legally dropped the name "Doggett"; lawyer, U.S. representative, and senator, of Pennsylvania) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, Oct. 4, 2006 (Scott, Hugh Doggett, Jr.; b. Nov. 11, 1900, Fredericksburg, Va.; d. July 21, 1994, Falls Church, Va.; U.S. representative, 1941-1945, 1947-1959; U.S. senator, 1959-1977) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 19, 2013 (Scott, Hugh Doggett, Jr. (1900-1994); a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., on November 11, 1900; attended public and private schools; graduated, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., 1919 and the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville 1922; admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pa.; during the First World War enrolled in the Student Reserve Offices' Training Corps and the Students' Army Training Corps; assistant district attorney of Philadelphia, Pa., 1926-1941; member of the Governor's Commission on Reform of the Magistrates System, 1938-1940; during the Second World War was on active duty for two years with the United States Navy with final rank of commander; author; vice president of the United States Delegation to the Interparliamentary Union; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress; reelected to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1948-1949; elected to the Eightieth Congress; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for reelection but was elected in 1958 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977; was not a candidate for reelection in 1976; Republican whip 1969; minority leader 1969-1977; chairman, Select Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents (Ninety-second Congress); lawyer; was a resident of Washington, D.C., and later, Falls Church, Va., until his death there on July 21, 1994; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.)
Associated language	eng