{{Short description|American politician (1907-1999)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Hardie Scott.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|6|7}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|11|2|1907|06|07}} | birth_place = Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. | office = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd district | term_start = January 3, 1947 | term_end = January 3, 1953 | predecessor = Michael J. Bradley | successor = James A. Byrne | party = Republican | education = Yale University<br />University of Pennsylvania Law School | occupation = Lawyer | death_place = Edgmont Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. }} '''Hardie Scott''' (June 7, 1907 – November 2, 1999) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1947 to 1953.
==Early life== Hardie Scott, son of John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott, was born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania on June 7, 1907. He graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, in 1926.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Boyer |first=Barbara |date=1999-11-05 |title=Hardie Scott; helped establish landmark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-hardie-scott/161784112/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |pages=296 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He attended Yale University, graduating in 1930. While at Yale, he was captain of the 1930 Yale Polo Team. That year, the team went on to win the intercollegiate polo championship. He was also a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity.<ref name=":0" />
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1934.
==Career== Scott was admitted to the Pennsylvania state bar in 1935 and practiced law with his father.<ref name=":0" /> He was the assistant city solicitor and a special duty attorney general.<ref name=":0" />
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army before being discharged for deafness.<ref name=":0" />
Scott was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second Congresses, from 1947 to 1953.<ref name=":0" /> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. In Congress, Scott introduced the bill that authorized the creation of what eventually became Independence National Historical Park.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/iha/dreams/dreams31.htm USHistory.org]</ref><ref name=":0" />
Scott was then a counsel for the State Securities Commission.<ref name=":0" /> He was an associate counsel with Dechert, Price & Rhoads until his retirement.<ref name=":0" />
==Personal life== Scott was married to Mrs. MacRoy Jackson (née Almira Geraldine Rockefeller.) in 1952.<ref name=":0" /> They bred and trained race horses.<ref name=":0" />
Scott was a member of the Racquet Club, Radnor Hunt, and the Union League of Philadelphia.<ref name=":0" />
He died at his home in Edgmont, Pennsylvania on November 2, 1999 at the age of 92.<ref name=":0" /> He was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hardie Scott |url=https://remembermyjourney.com/memorials/hardie-scott?id=R92RM249 |website=remembermyjourney.com |publisher=webCemeteries |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref>
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