In 1944 , Scott was defeated for re-election by Democrat Herb McGlinchey , losing by only 2,329 votes . He served in the US Navy for the remainder of World War II , reaching the rank of commander . In 1946 , after his military service , Scott successfully ran to reclaim his House seat . During the campaign , he spoke out against both President Franklin Roosevelt 's " betrayal at Yalta " and communists in Washington , DC . He handily defeated McGlinchey by a margin of more than 23,000 votes . He was later re-elected to five more terms
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