| LC control no. | no2002110182 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lucas, Scott Wike, 1892-1968 |
| Birth date | 18920219 |
| Death date | 19680222 |
| Place of birth | Cass County (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Rocky Mount (N.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators--United States |
| Found in | Eye of the storm, 2000: t.p. (Scott W. Lucas) p. i (Scott W. Lucas; U.S. Senator, 1939-1951; Senate Majority Leader, 1949-1951) p. 9, etc. (Scott Wike Lucas; b. Feb. 19, 1892, Cass Co., Ill.; d. Feb. 22, 1968, Rocky Mount, N.C.) LC database, Dec. 4, 2002 (hdg.: Lucas, Scott Wike, 1892-1968) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, October 3, 2013 (Lucas, Scott Wike (1892-1968); a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born on a farm near Chandlerville, Cass County, Ill., February 19, 1892; attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington in 1914; admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice at Havana, Ill.; during the First World War served as an enlisted man and later as a lieutenant in the United States Army; State's attorney of Mason County, 1920-1925; chairman of State Tax Commission, 1933-1935; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); did not seek renomination, having become a candidate for Senator; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1938 and reelected in 1944 and served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1951; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950; Democratic whip, 1947-1949; majority leader, 1949-1951; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses); engaged in the practice of law in Springfield, Ill., and Washington, D.C.; died en route to Florida at Rocky Mount, N.C., February 22, 1968) |
| Associated language | eng |
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