Leslie M. Scott

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Leslie M. Scott
In office
January 6, 1941 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by Walter Pearson
Succeeded by Walter Pearson
Died December 1968
Portland, Oregon
Political party Republican
Occupation Publisher

Leslie M. Scott (February 18, 1878 - December 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]

[edit] 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" (October 3, 1938). Time. 
  6. ^ a b Historic Irvington: The Coleman-Scott House
  7. ^ Scott, Harvey W.; Leslie M. Scott (1924). History of the Oregon Country. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 187. 
  8. ^ "Twins and Trusts" (February 13, 1939). Time. 
  9. ^ a b Oregon Blue Book: Treasurers of Oregon. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  10. ^ Oregon National Register List

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