Frank Douglas Scott (August 25, 1878 – February 12, 1951) was a politician from the

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. Scott was born of Scottish ancestry in

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, attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of the

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at Ann Arbor in 1901. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Alpena, serving as city attorney 1903-1904 and city prosecutor 1906-1910. He also served as a member of the Michigan Senate from the 29th district, 1911–1914 and served as president pro tempore in 1913 and 1914. In 1914, Scott was elected as a

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from

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to the

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. He was subsequently re-elected to the five succeeding Congresses serving from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1927 in the

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. During the 69th Congress, he was chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1926, being defeated by fellow Republican

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in the primaries. After leaving Congress, Frank D. Scott resumed the practice of his profession in

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He was a member of Freemasons,

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, and Odd Fellows. He died at the age of seventy-two in Palm Beach, Florida and is interred at Evergreen Cemetery of Alpena.

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The Political Graveyard

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