| LC control no. | n 84145488 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Scott, Charles F., 1860-1938 |
| Variant(s) | Scott, Charles F., b. 1860 |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1860-09-07 |
| Death date | 1938-09-18 |
| Place of birth | Iola (Kan.) |
| Place of death | Iola (Kan.) |
| Affiliation | University of Kansas |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | Duncan, L.W. History of Allen and Woodson counties, Kan., 1901: t.p. (Chas. F. Scott) p. 577 (Charles F. Scott; b. 9-7-1860) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, accessed October 15, 2015 (Scott, Charles Frederick, a Representative from Kansas; born near Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on September 7, 1860; attended the common schools; was graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1881; went to Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, and was engaged chiefly in clerical work; returned to Iola, Kans., in 1882 and edited the Iola Register; appointed regent of the University in 1891-1900; member of the State senate 1892-1896; elected as a Republican to 57th and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1911); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (60th-61st Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to 62nd Congress; appointed one of five delegates to the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome in 1911; lectured on Chautauqua platform in 1913, 1915, and 1916; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1916 and 1932; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1918 and again in 1928; resumed newspaper work until his death in Iola, Kansas, on September 18, 1938; interment in Iola Cemetery) |
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