Charles Frederick Scott.
Charles F. Scott was a journalist and a member of the Kansas Congress.
Charles Frederick Scott was a native of the Sunflower State, having been born on a farm in Allen County, Kansas, on September 7, 1860. He received his early education in the district schools, after which he entered the University of Kansas, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1881. He received his Master’s degree some years later. Upon leaving college, he spent about 18 months in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, returning to his native county in the fall of 1882.
He then bought a small interest in the Iola Register, became the sole proprietor five years later, and in 1897 began publishing a daily edition. In 1891, he was appointed a Regent of the University of Kansas and served in that capacity for 12 years. In 1892, he was elected to the state senate as a Republican, and in 1896, he was one of the presidential electors on that ticket.
Mr. Scott married May B. Ewing in 1893. He was elected to Congress in 1900; was four times re-elected, serving 10 years in all, and was defeated for the nomination in 1910 by the late Alexander C. Mitchell of Lawrence. He tried again in 1928 but was again unsuccessful. He then resumed newspaper work until he died in Iola, Kansas, on September 18, 1938.
Iola, Kansas Register newspaper.
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