Errett P. Scrivner
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's2nd district
In office September 14, 1943 – January 3, 1959
Preceded by	Ulysses Samuel Guyer
Succeeded by	Newell A. George
Personal details
Born	(1898-03-20)March 20, 1898 Newton, Kansas, U.S.
Died	May 5, 1978(1978-05-05) (aged 80) Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Awards	Silver Star Purple Heart
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army
Rank	First lieutenant
Unit	Battery B,129th Field Artillery Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I

Errett Power Scrivner (March 20, 1898 – May 5, 1978) was aU.S. Representative fromKansas.

Born inNewton, Kansas, Scrivner attended grade schools and was graduated from Manual Training High School,Kansas City, Missouri. In July 1917, duringWorld War I, he enlisted in Battery B of theOne Hundred and Twenty-ninth Field Artillery; he served overseas in 1918 and 1919. He was awarded theSilver Star andPurple Heart Medals. After promotion from the rank of private first class, he left military service as afirst lieutenant.^[1]

He was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Kansas inLawrence, Kansas with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1925.^[2] He wasadmitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inKansas City, Kansas.

Scrivner was elected as aRepublican to the Seventy-eight Congress, by special election, September 14, 1943, to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofU.S. Guyer. He was reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from September 14, 1943 to January 3, 1959. Scrivner voted in favor of theCivil Rights Act of 1957.^[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to theEighty-sixth Congress, largely due to his request for a vote for appropriations to continue construction on the controversial and wildly unpopular Tuttle Creek Dam along the Big Blue River. President Eisenhower had specifically chosen to leave out funding for the continuation of the dam, but Scrivner's insistence led to the displacement of thousands of families and the flooding of some of America's best crop land.^{[citation needed]}

He served as special assistant to the comptroller,Department of Defense,Washington, D.C., from January 1959 to March 1960. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs, from March 7, 1960, to January 20, 1961. He was City commissioner in 1970 inCocoa Beach, Florida, where he resided until his death on May 5, 1978. He was cremated and entombed in Florida. In 1984, his remains were reinterred in the niches atArlington National Cemetery.^[1]

Scrivner was the son of Rev. William H. Scrivner and his wife Etta (West) Scrivner. He married Jean Lorraine Marshall in 1921 and they had one daughter.^[2]

• United States Congress."Errett P. Scrivner (id: S000194)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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