Scott Loftin

Scott Marion Loftin
United States Senator from Florida
In office May 26, 1936 – November 3, 1936
Preceded by	Park Trammell
Succeeded by	Charles O. Andrews
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office 1903-1905
Personal details
Born	September 14, 1878 Montgomery, Alabama
Died	September 22, 1953 (aged 75) Highlands, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic

Scott Marion Loftin (September 14, 1878 – September 22, 1953) was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936.

Born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama; moved to Pensacola, Florida, with his parents in 1887; attended the public schools and Washington and Lee University School of Law at Lexington, Virginia; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Pensacola, Fla.; member of the Florida House of Representatives 1903-1905; prosecuting attorney of Escambia County, Florida 1904-1917; moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1917 to continue the practice of law; member of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Crime 1934; president of the American Bar Association 1934; general counsel for the Florida East Coast Railway 1931-1941 and for a variety of other transportation-related businesses; businessman with interests in railroads, shipping, and newspapers; appointed on May 26, 1936, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Park Trammell and served from May 26 to November 3, 1936, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; resumed the practice of law in Jacksonville, Fla., until his death in Highlands, North Carolina; interment in Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.

References

• Scott Loftin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress