# Ralph James Scott

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image       = Ralph Scott.jpg
| state       = [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina)
| district    = [5th](/source/North_Carolina's_5th_congressional_district)
| party       = Democratic
| term_start  = January 3, 1957
| term_end    = January 3, 1967
| preceded    = [Richard T. Chatham](/source/Richard_T._Chatham)
| succeeded   = [Nick Galifianakis](/source/Nick_Galifianakis_(politician))
| office2     = Member of the [North Carolina House of Representatives](/source/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives) from [Stokes County](/source/Stokes_County%2C_North_Carolina)
| term_start2 = 1937
| term_end2   = 1939
| preceded2   = S. Gilmer Sparger
| succeeded2  = William F. Marshall
| birth_name  =
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1905|10|15}}
| birth_place = near [Pinnacle, North Carolina](/source/Pinnacle%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1983|8|5|1905|10|15}}
| death_place = [Danbury, North Carolina](/source/Danbury%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
| spouse      = 
| children    = 
| occupation  = lawyer
| alma_mater  = [Wake Forest University](/source/Wake_Forest_University) 
}}
'''Ralph James Scott''' (October 15, 1905 – August 5, 1983) was a [Democratic](/source/United_States_Democratic_Party) [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) between 1957 and 1967.

==Biography==
Born near [Pinnacle, North Carolina](/source/Pinnacle%2C_North_Carolina) in [Surry County](/source/Surry_County%2C_North_Carolina), Scott attended public schools and then [Wake Forest University](/source/Wake_Forest_University), where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1930 and practiced in [Danbury, North Carolina](/source/Danbury%2C_North_Carolina).

Scott was elected to the [North Carolina House of Representatives](/source/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives) in 1936, serving for one term, and was a delegate to state Democratic Party conventions from 1936 to 1968. He chaired the Executive Committee of the [Stokes County, North Carolina](/source/Stokes_County%2C_North_Carolina) Democratic Party from 1936 to 1970, during that time serving as the solicitor of the twenty-first judicial district of North Carolina (1938–1956) and a member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) (for five terms, serving (January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967).

Scott did not stand for election to a sixth term in 1966 and returned to his law practice; he lived in Danbury until his 1983 death, and is buried in the Pinnacle Baptist Church cemetery.

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{{US House succession box
| state=North Carolina
| district=5
| before=[Richard T. Chatham](/source/Richard_T._Chatham)
| after= [Nick Galifianakis](/source/Nick_Galifianakis_(politician))
| years=1957-1967
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Category:1905 births
Category:1983 deaths
Category:Wake Forest University alumni
Category:People from Surry County, North Carolina
Category:Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from North Carolina
Category:20th-century United States representatives
Category:20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly

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