Charles Frederick Scott

For the electrical engineer, see Charles F. Scott (engineer).

Charles F. Scott, Kansas Congressman.

Charles Frederick Scott (September 7, 1860 – September 18, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born near Iola, Kansas, Scott attended the common schools. He was graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1881. He went to Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, and was engaged chiefly in clerical work. He returned to Iola in 1882 and edited the Iola Register. He was appointed regent of the University in 1891-1900. He served as member of the State senate 1892-96.

Scott was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911). He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses).

Scott was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He was appointed one of five delegates to the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome in 1911. He lectured on Chautauqua platform in 1913, 1915, and 1916. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1916 and 1932. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1918 and again in 1928. He resumed newspaper work until his death in Iola, Kansas, on September 18, 1938. He was interred in Iola Cemetery.

References

United States Congress. "Charles Frederick Scott (id: S000166)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Willis J. Bailey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's at-large congressional district 1901-1907	Succeeded by Seat eliminated
Preceded by Justin D. Bowersock	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 2nd congressional district 1907-1911	Succeeded by Alexander C. Mitchell
Political offices
Preceded by James W. Wadsworth	Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 1907–1911	Succeeded by John Lamb

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Agriculture

Forrest Butler Van Rensselaer Spencer Root Bockee Deberry Anderson White Littlefield Floyd Dawson Holloway Whiteley Butterfield Lovejoy Clay Bidwell Trowbridge Wilson Hays Caldwell Cutler Covert Valentine Hatch Funston Hatch Wadsworth Scott Lamb Lever Haugen Jones Fulmer Flannagan Hope Cooley Hope Cooley Poage Foley de la Garza Roberts Smith Combest Goodlatte Peterson Lucas Conaway

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas

1st district	Phillips Anderson Morrill Broderick Curtis Anthony Lambertson Cole H. Miller Avery Dole Sebelius Roberts Moran Huelskamp Marshall (elect)

2nd district	Goodin Haskell Funston H. Moore O. Miller M. Peters Bowersock Scott Mitchell Taggart E. Little Guyer C. Little Guyer Scrivner George Ellsworth Avery Mize Roy Keys Jeffries Slattery Brownback Ryun Boyda Jenkins

3rd district	Brown Ryan Perkins Clover Hudson Kirkpatrick Ridgely A. Jackson Campbell Sproul McGugin Patterson Winter Meyer George Hargis McVey Ellsworth Winn Meyers Snowbarger D. Moore Yoder

4th district	Ryan Kelley Otis Curtis J. Miller F. Jackson Doolittle Hoch Carpenter E. Rees Shriver Glickman Tiahrt Pompeo

5th district	Anderson Davis Calderhead Vincent Calderhead R. Rees Helvering Strong Ayres Houston Hope Breeding Skubitz Whittaker Nichols

6th district	Hanback Turner Baker McCormick Reeder Young Connelly White Sparks McCarthy Carlson Smith Dole

7th district	S. Peters Simpson Long Simpson Long Murdock Madison Neeley Shouse Tincher Hope

8th district	Murdock Ayres Bird Ayres

At-large	Conway Wilder Clarke Lowe (1873–1875: Lowe Cobb Phillips) (1883–1885: Hanback Morrill Perkins S. Peters) Harris Blue Botkin Bailey Scott

Territory	Whitfield Parrott

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.