Background
Loftin, Scott Marion was born on September 14, 1878 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of William Marion and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Loftin, Scott Marion was born on September 14, 1878 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of William Marion and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Student, Washington & Lee University, 1898-1899, LL.D.
Admitted to Florida bar, 1899, began practice at Pensacola. Appointed general solicitor Flagler corporations, headquarters Jacksonville, Florida, November 1917, general counsel, 1921, vice-president and general counsel since 1925. Member Loftin & Wahl, Jacksonville, Loftin, Anderson, Scott, McCarthy & Preston, Miami, Florida.
President the Atlantic & East Coast Terminal Company, University of Florida, Endowment Corporation, St. Augustine Historical Preservation and Restoration Association. General counsel and director Florida East Coast Hotel Company, Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company, West Palm Beach Water Company, Model Land Company, Perrine Grant Land Company, Gulf Life Insurance Company, Fort Dallas Land Company, Chuluota Land Company. Receiver Florida East Coast Railway, 1931-1941.
Trustee Florida East Coast Railway since 1941. Member Southern Regional R.R. Coordinating Committee. Vice-president and general counsel P.&O.S.S. Company.
Director Atlantic National Bank (Jacksonville), Florida Publishing Company, Railway Express Agency, Fruit Growers Express, Florida State Chamber of Commerce. Vice-president Jacksonville Terminal Company, United States senator from Florida to fill unexpired term of late Senator Trammell, May 26-November 3, 1936.
Member Florida House of Representatives, 1903. Member American Bar Association (president 1934-1935), American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, Florida Bar Association, Jacksonville Bar Association (ex-president), Alpha Tau Omega, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Blue Key. Member committee appointed by Supreme Court of the United States to revise rules of practice and procedure in federal courts, 1935.
Member United State Attorneys general’s advisory commission on crime, 1935. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Seminole, Kiwanis (past district governor), Timuquana Country, Florida Yacht.