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==Political career==
==Political career==
===U.S. House of Representatives===
Scott was one of forty-nine House Republicans who voted in July 1953 against the re-enactment of the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref> It was approved 209–163 vote and became known during the congressional session as the '''[[Reece Committee]]''', the namesake being its chair, [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]].
===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===
In the [[United States presidential election, 1948|1948 presidential election]], Scott supported Moderate Republican [[Thomas Dewey]].<ref name=nytimes1964scrantoncampaign>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/06/archives/man-in-the-news-fighter-for-scranton-hugh-doggett-scott-jr.html Man in the News; Fighter for Scranton; Hugh Doggett Scott Jr.]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 20, 2021.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 election]], he was an early supporter of the more moderate [[Dwight Eisenhower]] over [[Robert A. Taft]].<ref name=nevergoldwater>Dickerson, John (May 12, 2016). [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/05/never_goldwater_the_failed_attempt_to_wrest_the_1964_gop_nomination_from.html Never Goldwater]. ''Slate''. Retrieved June 20, 2021.</ref> Along with [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], he voiced skepticisms of [[conservative]] [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1964 election and even speculated the possibility of starting an "independent" campaign similar to the opposition [[Theodore Roosevelt]] formed against [[William Howard Taft]] in 1912;<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/21/archives/goldwater-appeal-not-only-nuts-and-kooks-the-senators-strength-is.html Goldwater Appeal: Not Only ‘Nuts and Kooks’; The Senator's strength is more broadly based than his Republican rivals suspected. Now they face what parties try to avoid—a fight to the finish.]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 20, 2021.</ref> Goldwater responded:<ref name=nevergoldwater/>
In the [[United States presidential election, 1948|1948 presidential election]], Scott supported Moderate Republican [[Thomas Dewey]].<ref name=nytimes1964scrantoncampaign>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/06/archives/man-in-the-news-fighter-for-scranton-hugh-doggett-scott-jr.html Man in the News; Fighter for Scranton; Hugh Doggett Scott Jr.]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 20, 2021.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 election]], he was an early supporter of the more moderate [[Dwight Eisenhower]] over [[Robert A. Taft]].<ref name=nevergoldwater>Dickerson, John (May 12, 2016). [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/05/never_goldwater_the_failed_attempt_to_wrest_the_1964_gop_nomination_from.html Never Goldwater]. ''Slate''. Retrieved June 20, 2021.</ref> Along with [[Jacob Javits]] of [[New York]], he voiced skepticisms of [[conservative]] [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1964 election and even speculated the possibility of starting an "independent" campaign similar to the opposition [[Theodore Roosevelt]] formed against [[William Howard Taft]] in 1912;<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/21/archives/goldwater-appeal-not-only-nuts-and-kooks-the-senators-strength-is.html Goldwater Appeal: Not Only ‘Nuts and Kooks’; The Senator's strength is more broadly based than his Republican rivals suspected. Now they face what parties try to avoid—a fight to the finish.]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 20, 2021.</ref> Goldwater responded:<ref name=nevergoldwater/>