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Hugh D. Scott, Jr.

Hugh Scott
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Senate Minority Leader
In office
September 6, 1969 – January 3, 1977
Deputy Robert Griffin
Preceded by Everett Dirksen
Succeeded by Howard Baker
Senate Minority Whip
In office
January 3, 1969 – September 6, 1969
Leader Everett Dirksen
Preceded by Thomas Kuchel
Succeeded by Robert Griffin
United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by Edward Martin
Succeeded by John Heinz
Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office
June 27, 1948 – August 5, 1949
Preceded by B. Carroll Reece
Succeeded by Guy Gabrielson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th district
In office
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959
Preceded by Herbert J. McGlinchey
Succeeded by Herman Toll
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by George P. Darrow
Succeeded by James Wolfenden
Personal details
Born Hugh Doggett Scott Jr.
(1900-11-11)November 11, 1900
Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
Died July 21, 1994(1994-07-21) (aged 93)
Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place Arlington National Cemetery
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Marian Huntington Chase (1924–1987)
Children 1 daughter
Education Randolph-Macon College (BA)
University of Virginia (LLB)

Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1945, and from 1947 to 1959. He also represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1977. As a Senator, he served as Senate Minority Leader from 1969 to 1977. He was also chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1948 to 1949.

The son of Hugh Doggett and Jane Lee (née Lewis) Scott, Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr. was born on an estate in Fredericksburg, Virginia, that was once owned by George Washington. His grandfather served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War under General John Hunt Morgan, and his great-grandmother was the niece of President Zachary Taylor. After attending public schools in Fredericksburg, he studied at Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, from which he graduated in 1919. He enrolled in the Student Reserve Officers Training Corps and the Students' Army Training Corps during World War I.

In 1922, Scott earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law at Charlottesville, where he was a member of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society and the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. His interest in politics was established after frequently attending committee hearings in the Virginia House of Delegates.


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