Leslie M. Scott

For other people with the same name, see Leslie Scott.
Leslie M. Scott
Oregon State Treasurer
In office
January 6, 1941 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by Walter Pearson
Succeeded by Walter Pearson
Personal details
Born February 18, 1878
Portland, Oregon
Died December 18, 1968 (aged 90)
Portland, Oregon
Political party Republican
Occupation Publisher

Leslie M. Scott (February 18, 1878 – December 18, 1968)[1][2] was an American historian, newspaper publisher and Republican politician in Oregon. He served as Oregon State Treasurer from 1941-1949.[3] He served as acting Governor of Oregon for a period in 1948.[4] He was also president of the Portland, Oregon Chamber of Commerce.[5]

He served as chairman of the Oregon Historical Quarterly and served more than 40 years on the board of the Oregon Historical Society.[6]

Scott and his father, Oregonian editor Harvey W. Scott, compiled the six-volume A History of the Oregon Country.[7] Leslie Scott served on the board of The Oregonian starting in 1939.[8] In 1940, he was elected as a Republican to the office of State Treasurer, taking office on January 6, 1941.[9] Scott won re-election to a second four-year term in 1944, and then left office on January 3, 1949.[9]

His house in Portland, the Leslie M. Scott House, built circa 1910, is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[10] The NRHP-listed Coleman-Scott House is also associated with Scott.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Family Search.com Family Group Record
  2. ↑ Family Search.com Individual Record
  3. ↑ The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Scott, K to N
  4. ↑ http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12924 The American Presidency Project, Harry S. Truman, Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Oregon. June 11, 1948
  5. ↑ "Portland Saga". Time. 3 October 1938. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  6. 1 2 Historic Irvington: The Coleman-Scott House
  7. ↑ Scott, Harvey W.; Leslie M. Scott (1924). History of the Oregon Country. Cambridge: Riverside Press. p. 187.
  8. ↑ "Twins and Trusts". Time. 13 February 1939. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  9. 1 2 Oregon Blue Book: Treasurers of Oregon. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  10. ↑ Oregon National Register List
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Preceded by
Walter E. Pearson		 Treasurer of Oregon
1941–1949 		Succeeded by
Walter J. Pearson
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