Scott Marion Loftin (September 14, 1878September 22, 1953) was a

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from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936. Loftin was born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. At the age of nine, he moved to

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, with his parents in 1887. He attended the public schools and Washington and Lee University School of Law at

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Pensacola, Florida. Loftin was a member of the

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between 1903-1905 and was prosecuting attorney of Escambia County, Florida between 1904 and 1917. He moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1917 to continue the practice of law. Loftin became a member of the

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's Advisory Committee on Crime in 1934 and president of the American Bar Association in 1934. He became a general counsel for the

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between 1931-1941 and for a variety of other transportation-related businesses. He was a businessman with interests in railroads, shipping, and newspapers. On May 26, 1936, he was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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and served from May 26 to November 3, 1936, when a successor was elected. Loftin was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy. He resumed the practice of law in Jacksonville, Fla., until his death in Highlands, North Carolina.

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Portrait of Scott M. Loftin, president of the American Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, 1935.
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections,

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, University of California, Los Angeles. {{DEFAULTSORT:Loftin, Scott 1878 births 1953 deaths Florida Democrats Democratic Party United States senators from Florida Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni Presidents of the American Bar Association