Hugh Scott

A Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania. Born in Fredericksburg, 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.