Scott Marion Loftin (September 14, 1878September 22, 1953) was a U.S. Senator from

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who served as a

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in 1936. Loftin was born in Montgomery,

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. At the age of nine, he moved to Pensacola, Florida, with his parents in 1887. He attended the public schools and

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at Lexington, Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Pensacola, Florida. Loftin was a member of the Florida House of Representatives between 1903-1905 and was prosecuting attorney of

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between 1904 and 1917. He moved to

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, in 1917 to continue the practice of law. Loftin became a member of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Crime in 1934 and president of the

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in 1934. He became a general counsel for the Florida East Coast Railway 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

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. Loftin was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy. He resumed the practice of law in Jacksonville, Fla., until his death in

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Portrait of Scott M. Loftin, president of the American Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, 1935.

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