predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end birth_date term_start image article_title state name
park trammell charles o. andrews 22 september 1953 montgomery , alabama highlands , north carolina united states senator democratic november 3 , 1936 14 september 1878 may 26 , 1936 scottloftin.jpg scott loftin
 florida scott marion loftin
scott loftin

scott marion loftin -lrb- september 14 , 1878september 22 , 1953 -rrb- was a u.s. senator from florida who served as a democrat in 1936 .
born in montgomery , montgomery county , alabama ; moved to pensacola , florida , with his parents in 1887 ; attended the public schools and washington and lee university school of law at lexington , virginia ; studied law ; admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in pensacola , fla. ; member of the florida house of representatives 1903-1905 ; prosecuting attorney of escambia county , florida 1904-1917 ; moved to jacksonville , florida , in 1917 to continue the practice of law ; member of the attorney general 's advisory committee on crime 1934 ; president of the american bar association 1934 ; general counsel for the florida east coast railway 1931-1941 and for a variety of other transportation-related businesses ; businessman with interests in railroads , shipping , and newspapers ; appointed on may 26 , 1936 , as a democrat 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 ; was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy ; resumed the practice of law in jacksonville , fla. , until his death in highlands , north carolina ; interment in oaklawn cemetery , jacksonville , fla. .
