Scott Wike Lucas was a two-term Democratic United States Senator (1939-1951) from Illinois, and the United States Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950. After graduating from the law school of Illinois Wesleyan University, Lucas entered private practice; he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War I, later serving as a lieutenant.

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  • Scott Wike Lucas was a two-term Democratic United States Senator (1939-1951) from Illinois, and the United States Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950. After graduating from the law school of Illinois Wesleyan University, Lucas entered private practice; he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War I, later serving as a lieutenant. He served in a variety of governmental posts in Illinois before he was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1934, and was elected senator in 1938. He was re-elected in 1944. With support from Harry Truman, he was elected party whip in 1946. Lucas, a moderate, drew support from conservative and liberal wings of the party. He took over the midwest campaign for President Truman and was credited with assisting not only Truman's 1948 reelection but bringing nine Democrats into the Senate. When Alben Barkley became vice-president and resigned his Senate seat, Lucas became majority leader. However, he was unable to build a consensus as Senate majority leader with the onset of the anti-Communist era, and lost re-election in 1950 to Republican Everett Dirksen. Lucas had become a target of Republican wrath with loss of political power in the Senate and the White House. His 1950 reelection campaign featured the active intervention into Illinois politics of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy who traveled the state with Rep. Dirksen saying that Senator Lucas was "soft on communism". Dirksen would go on to easily defeat Lucas with a 54% to 46% victory, one of several results that allowed the Republicans to reclaim the senate majority. He was succeeded as Democratic leader by Ernest McFarland, who also lost his reelection bid two years after assuming the leadership. The McCarthy intervention into other Senate campaigns was a factor in alienating his colleagues and his censure in 1954. Thanks to McFarland's successor, Lyndon Johnson, the Senate Democratic leadership became much more consolidated and more powerful.
  • Scott Lucas né en le 19 février 1892 et décédé le 22 février 1968, fut de 1939 à 1951 le sénateur démocrate de l'Illinois. En 1949 il succède à Alben William Barkley comme leader des démocrates au sénat, poste qu'il occupera jusqu'à la fin de son mandat en 1951.
  • Scott Wike Lucas, född 19 januari 1892 nära Chandlerville, Illinois, död 22 februari 1968 i Rocky Mount, North Carolina, var en amerikansk politiker. Lucas avlade 1914 sin juristexamen vid Illinois Wesleyan University. Han inledde sedan 1915 sin karriär som advokat i Havana, Illinois. Han deltog i första världskriget i United States Army. Lucas var ledamot av 1935-1939 och ledamot av för Illinois 1939-1951. I senaten var han demokratisk whip 1947-1949 och majoritetsledare 1949-1951. Senator Lucas kandiderade till omval i 1950 års kongressval men förlorade mot republikanen Everett Dirksen. Samma öde drabbade även den följande demokratiska majoritetsledaren Ernest McFarland två år senare, som förlorade sitt mandat i senaten mot Barry Goldwater. Lucas grav finns på Laurel Hill Cemetery i Havana, Illinois.
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  • Scott Wike Lucas was a two-term Democratic United States Senator (1939-1951) from Illinois, and the United States Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950. After graduating from the law school of Illinois Wesleyan University, Lucas entered private practice; he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War I, later serving as a lieutenant.
  • Scott Lucas né en le 19 février 1892 et décédé le 22 février 1968, fut de 1939 à 1951 le sénateur démocrate de l'Illinois. En 1949 il succède à Alben William Barkley comme leader des démocrates au sénat, poste qu'il occupera jusqu'à la fin de son mandat en 1951.
  • Scott Wike Lucas, född 19 januari 1892 nära Chandlerville, Illinois, död 22 februari 1968 i Rocky Mount, North Carolina, var en amerikansk politiker. Lucas avlade 1914 sin juristexamen vid Illinois Wesleyan University. Han inledde sedan 1915 sin karriär som advokat i Havana, Illinois. Han deltog i första världskriget i United States Army. Lucas var ledamot av 1935-1939 och ledamot av för Illinois 1939-1951. I senaten var han demokratisk whip 1947-1949 och majoritetsledare 1949-1951.
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