Hugh D. Scott, Jr.
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by	Edward Martin
Succeeded by	John Heinz
14th Minority Leader of the United States Senate
In office September 6, 1969 – January 3, 1977
Deputy	Robert Griffin[a]
Preceded by	Everett Dirksen
Succeeded by	Howard Baker
13th Minority Whip of the United States Senate
In office January 3, 1969 – September 6, 1969
Leader	Everett Dirksen
Preceded by	Thomas Kuchel
Succeeded by	Robert Griffin
36th Chairman 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 7th district
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by	George Darrow
Succeeded by	James Wolfenden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th district
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959
Preceded by	Herbert McGlinchey
Succeeded by	Herman Toll
Personal details
Born	(1900-11-11)November 11, 1900 Fredericksburg, Virginia
Died	July 21, 1994(1994-07-21) (aged 93) Falls Church, Virginia
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
a.^ As Republican Whip.

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 (1941–1945, 1947–1959) and the U.S. Senate (1959–1977). 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.

Early life and education[link]

The son of Hugh Doggett and Jane Lee (née Lewis) Scott,^[1] Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr. was born on an estate in Fredericksburg, Virginia, that was once owned by George Washington.^[2] 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.^[3] After attending public schools in Fredericksburg, he studied at Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, from where he graduated in 1919.^[4] He enrolled in the Student Reserve Officers Training Corps and the Students' Army Training Corps during World War I.^[4]

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.^[1] His interest in politics was established after frequently attending committee hearings in the Virginia House of Delegates.^[5]

Early political career[link]

Scott was admitted to the bar in 1922 and then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he joined his uncle's law firm.^[3] Two years later, he married Marian Huntington Chase, to whom he remained married until her death in 1987; the couple had one daughter, Marian.^[2] Scott, who had become a regular worker for the Republican Party, was appointed assistant district attorney of Philadelphia in 1926.^[3] He served in that position until 1941, and claimed to have prosecuted more than 20,000 cases during his tenure.^[5] From 1938 to 1940, he served as a member of the Governor's Commission on Reform of the Magistrates System.^[4]

Congressional career[link]

House[link]

In 1940, after longtime Republican incumbent George Darrow decided to retire, Scott was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district.^[4] At the time, the district was based in Northwest Philadelphia.^[5] He defeated Democratic candidate Gilbert Cassidy by a margin of 3,362 votes.^[6] In 1942, he was re-elected to a second term after defeating Democrat Thomas Minehart, a former Philadelphia City Councilman and future State Treasurer, receiving nearly 56% of the vote.^[7]

In 1944, Scott was narrowly defeated for re-election by Democrat Herbert McGlinchey, losing by 2,329 votes.^[8] He served in the U.S. Navy during the remainder of World War II, reaching the rank of commander.^[4] In 1946, following his military service, Scott successfully ran to reclaim his House seat; during the campaign, he spoke out against President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "betrayal at Yalta" and communists in Washington, D.C.^[5] He handily defeated McGlinchey by a margin of more than 23,000 votes.^[9] He was subsequently re-elected to five more terms.

During his tenure in the House, Scott established himself as a strong internationalist after voting in favor of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941, foreign aid to Greece and Turkey, and the Marshall Plan.^[3] He also earned a reputation as a moderate to liberal Republican, supporting public housing, rent control, and the abolition of the poll tax and other civil rights legislation.^[3] From 1948 to 1949,^[10] he served as chairman of the Republican National Committee, a position he received after helping New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey obtain the Republican nomination in the 1948 presidential election.^[2] Facing staunch opposition from Ohio Senator Robert Taft, Scott barely survived a no-confidence ballot but nevertheless resigned as RNC chairman.^[5] He later served as campaign chairman for Dwight D. Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election.^[5]

Senate[link]

In 1958, after fellow Republican Edward Martin declined to run for re-election, Scott was elected to the U.S. Senate.^[4] He narrowly defeated his Democratic opponent, Governor George Leader, by a margin of 51%-48%.^[11] Scott continued his progressive voting record in the Senate, opposing President Eisenhower's veto of a housing bill in 1959 and a redevelopment bill in 1960.^[12] He voted to end the Southern senators' filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, and later sponsored 12 bills to implement the recommendations of the Civil Rights Commission.^[12] A memorable quote from Hugh Scott came during the U-2 Incident in 1960, when Senator Scott said that "We have violated the eleventh Commandment — Thou Shall Not Get Caught."^[13]

In 1962, Scott threatened to run for Governor of Pennsylvania if the Republican Party did not nominate moderate Congressman Bill Scranton over the more conservative Judge Robert Woodside, a former State Attorney General.^[12] He even supported Scranton as a more liberal alternative to the heavily conservative Senator Barry Goldwater for the Republican nomination in the 1964 presidential election.^[3] Scott also faced re-election in 1964; he overcame the national landslide for Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson to narrowly win by 70,000 votes.^[5] He voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.^[12] He supported New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination in the 1968 presidential election.^[3]

Scott was reelected again in 1970, defeating Democratic state senator William Sesler by 51%-45%, and served until January 3, 1977. He was elected Senate Minority Whip in January 1969.^[4] Following the death of Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen in September of that year, Scott was narrowly elected Senate Minority Leader over Tennessee Senator Howard Baker (Dirksen's son-in-law), serving until 1977.^[14]

He was Chairman of the Select Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents (92nd Congress). He wielded tremendous influence. He was one of the congressional leaders to meet Richard Nixon to tell him to resign following Watergate.

He did not run for reelection in 1976. The same year, he chaired the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican National Convention.

Scott was a resident of Washington, D.C., and later, Falls Church, Virginia, until his death there on July 21, 1994. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Kotlowski, Dean J. "Unhappily Yoked? Hugh Scott and Richard Nixon." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 2001 125(3): 233-266. ISSN 0031-4587 online
  • Abstract: While their different public personas, political interests, and institutional duties led to occasional disagreement, President Richard Nixon and Senate Minority Leader Scott were not always unhappily tethered as evidenced by their stances on domestic and foreign issues throughout Nixon's presidency, during 1968–74. While he jousted with Nixon over racial policies and his Supreme Court nominations, including his choice of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., of South Carolina, Scott supported much of Nixon's domestic agenda, applauded the president's conduct of foreign affairs, backed his Vietnam policy, praised his invasion of Cambodia, publicly proclaimed Nixon's innocence during the Watergate scandal, and endorsed President Gerald Ford's pardon of his predecessor. The Nixon-Scott relationship is notable because it confirms scholars' assumptions about Nixon's hot-and-cold association with Congress and indicates that sparring between moderate Republicans like Nixon and Scott was on its way out.

External links[link]

• Hugh Scott at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard
• Hugh Scott at Find a Grave
• A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr.(September 1, 1952)" is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
• A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. (December 14, 1951)" is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]

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Rebekka Ruth Lazone "Bekka" Bramlett (born April 19, 1968) is a singer from the United States. She is the daughter of popular music duo Delaney and Bonnie.

Bekka Bramlett has been a member of Mick Fleetwood's band The Zoo (1991–92) and Fleetwood Mac (1993–95), country duo Bekka & Billy with Billy Burnette (1996–98), and released a solo album of demo work in 2002 for fans who went to her shows.

Currently, she has become an in-demand session singer, songwriter, and backing vocalist, working with a large number of artists, including Faith Hill, Robert Plant, Warrant, Trace Adkins, Faster Pussycat, Buddy Guy, Vince Gill and Sam Moore.

Marriage[link]

On May 14, 2007, Bekka married musician Tom Britt while the couple were on tour with Vince Gill.

Discography[link]

As a featured performer[link]

• The Zoo – Shakin' The Cage (1992)
• Fleetwood Mac – Time (1995)
• Bekka & Billy – Bekka & Billy (1996)
• Bekka Bramlett – What's In It For Me 2002
• Imus Ranch Record – "What Happened?" (2008)

As a backing vocalist[link]

• Delaney Bramlett – Mobius Strip (1973)
• Belinda Carlisle – Runaway Horses (1989)
• Warrant – Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
• Richie Sambora – Stranger in This Town (1991)
• Belinda Carlisle – Her Greatest Hits (1992)
• Faster Pussycat – Whipped! (1992)
• Mitch Malloy – Mitch Malloy (1992)
• Joe Cocker – Have a Little Faith (1994)
• Agnes Stone – Agnes Stone (1994)
• Gregg Wright’s Left Hook – Round One (1995)
• Vince Gill – High Lonesome Sound (1996)
• Bad Company – Stories Told and Untold (1996)
• Iris DeMent – The Way I Should (1996)
• Delbert McClinton – One Of The Fortunate Few (1997)
• Jonny Lang – Lie To Me (1997)
• Hank Thompson – Hank Thompson and Friends (1997)
• Bryan White – The Right Place (1997)
• Kenny Rogers – Across My Heart (1997)
• Jim Horn – The Hit List (1998)
• Paul Craft – Brother Jukebox (1998)
• Buddy Guy – Heavy Love (1998)
• Jonny Lang – Wander This World (1998)
• Travis Tritt – No More Looking Over My Shoulder (1998)
• Delaney Bramlett – Sounds From Home (1998)
• Faith Hill – Faith (1998)
• The Why – Store Two Beasts (1998)
• Rita Coolidge – Thinkin’ About You (1998)
• Faith Hill – Live Will Always Win [Australia Bonus Track] (1999)
• Jason Sellers – Matter of Time (1999)
• Faith Hill – Breathe (1999)
• Michael Peterson – Being Human (1999)
• Claudia Church – Claudia Church (1999)
• Flaco Jimenez – Sleepytown (2000)
• Mark Selby – More Storms Comin’ (2000)
• Jamie O’Neal – Shiver (2000)
• Bryan White – Greatest Hits (2000)
• Sonya Isaacs – Sonya Isaacs (2000)
• Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dance (2000)
• Billy Burnette – Are You With Me Baby (2000)
• Luke Reed – Corridos (2000)
• Steve Wariner – Faith In You (2000)
• Vince Gill – Let’s Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye (2000)
• Jewel – This Way (2001)
• Derailers – Here Come The Derailers (2001)
• Faith Hill – There You’ll Be: The Best Of Faith Hill (2001)
• Dwight Yoakam – South Of Heaven, West Of Hell (2001)
• Hall Ketchum – Lucky Man (2001)
• Rick Ferrell – Different Point Of View (2001)
• Bob DiPiero – Laugh (2001)
• T Graham Brown – Lives (2001)
• Kelly Minter – Good Day (2001)
• Todd Sharp – Walking All The Way (2001)
• Delbert McClinton – Nothing Personal (2001)
• Jessica Andrews – Who I Am (2001)
• Israel & New Breed – Real (2002)
• Faith Hill – Cry (2002)
• Dwight Yoakam – Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (2002)
• Brooks & Dunn – It Wouldn’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
• Tanya Tucker – Tanya (2002)
• Delbert McClinton – Room To Breathe (2002)
• Montgomery Gentry – My Town (2002)
• Shannon Lawson – Chase The Sun (2002)
• Billy Ray Cyrus – Time Flies (2002)
• Amy Grant – Legacy…Hymns & Faith (2002)
• Delaney Bramlett – Sweet Inspiration (2002)
• Jim Lauderdale – Hummingbirds (2002)
• Ashley Cleveland – Second Skin (2002)
• Billy Ray Cyrus – Other Side (2003)
• The Mavericks – The Mavericks (2003)
• Wynonna – What The World Needs Now Is Love (2003)
• Brooks & Dunn – Red Dirt Road (2003)
• Etta James – Let’s Roll (2003)
• Marcel – You, Me, and the Windshield (2003)
• Jeffrey Steele – Gold, Platinum, Chrome and Steele (2003)
• Jessica Andrews – Now (2003)
• Billy Gilman – Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based On The Poems Of Mattie J.T. Stepanek (2003)
• Deanna Carter – I’m Just A Girl (2003)
• Vince Gill – Next Big Thing (2003)
• Andy Griggs – This I Gotta See (2004)
• Jimmy Buffett – License To Chill (2004)
• Brooks & Dunn – Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 2 (2004)
• Jeffrey Steele – Outlaw (2004)
• Beth Nielsen – Chapman Look (2004)
• Al Anderson – After Hours (2004)
• Montgomery Gentry – You Do Your Thing (2004)
• Curtis Salgado – Strong Suspicion (2004)
• James Otto – Days Of Our Lives (2004)
• Lorrie Morgan – Show Me How
• Brooks & Dunn – Very Best Of Brooks & Dunn (2004)
• Warrant – Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich [Expanded] (2004)
• Montgomery Gentry – Something To Be Proud Of: The Best Of 1999–2005 (2005)
• Trisha Yearwood – Jasper County (2005)
• Jamie Oldaker – Mad Dogs & Okies (2005)
• Delbert McClinton – Cost of Living (2005)
• Neal McCoy – That’s Life (2005)
• Bart Millard – Hymned No. (2005)
• Faith Hill – Fireflies (2005)
• Shawn Jones – All In Good Time (2005)
• Van Zant – Get Right With The Man (2005)
• Amy Grant – Rock of Ages…Hymns & Faith (2005)
• Jo Dee Messina – Delicious Surprise (2005)
• Jamie O’Neal – Brave (2005)
• Hacienda Brothers – Hacienda Brothers (2005)
• 3 Doors Down – Seventeen Days (2005)
• LeAnn Rimes – This Woman (2005)
• Spady Branan – The Long Way Around and Other Short Stories (2006)
• Montgomery Gentry – Some People Change (2006)
• Vince Gill – These Days (2006)
• Bob Seger – Face The Promise (2006)
• Sam Moore – Overnight Sensational (2006)
• Trace Adkins – Dangerous Man (2006)
• Eliot Morris – What’s Mine Is Yours (2006)
• Albert Lee – Road Runner (2006)
• Bonnie Bramlett – Roots, Blues, & Jazz (2006)
• Sara Groves – Tell Me What You Know (2007)
• Betty Harris – Intuition (2007)
• Faith Hill – Hits (2007)
• Bill Wence – Songs from the Rocky Fork Tavern (2007)
• Lori McKenna – Unglamorous (2007)
• Bryan White – Greatest Hits (2007)
• Kenny Chesney – Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (2007)
• Mark McKinney – Get It On (2007)
• Buddy Guy – Skin Deep (2008)^[1]
• John Oates – 1000 Miles Of Life (2008)
• Robert Plant – Band Of Joy (2010)

Various Artists/Soundtracks[link]

• True Romance Soundtrack (John Waite – In Dreams) (1993)
• Blown Away Soundtrack (Joe Cocker & Bekka Bramlett – Take Me Home) (1994)
• Soccer Rocks The Globe (Fleetwood Mac – Blow By Blow) (1994)
• Stone Country – Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones (1997)
• America’s Sweethearts Soundtrack (Bekka Bramlett – We All Fall Down) (2001)
• Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now (2005)

Filmography[link]

• America's Sweethearts (2001) (writer: "We All Fall Down") (performer: "We All Fall Down")
• Vertical Limit (2000) (writer: Patient Heart)
• The Real Roseanne Show Herself (1 episode, 2003)
• Fleetwood Mac: Another Link In The Chain (1995) (V) Herself (Vocals)
• Live in Concert Belinda Carlisle (1988) (V) Herself (Background vocals)

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• The Bekka Bramlett Official Website
• Bekka Bramlett at the Internet Movie Database