Leslie_M._Scott

Leslie M. Scott

Leslie M. Scott

American historian, newspaper publisher and politician

For other people with the same name, see Leslie Scott.

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

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He served as chairman of the Oregon Historical Quarterly and served more than 40 years on the board of the Oregon Historical Society.[5]

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

His house in Portland, the Leslie M. Scott House, built circa 1910, is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The NRHP-listed Coleman-Scott House is also associated with Scott.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Family Search.com Individual Record
  2. [2]
    The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Scott, K to N
  3. [3]
    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
  4. [4]
    "Portland Saga". Time. 3 October 1938. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  5. [5]
    Historic Irvington: The Coleman-Scott House Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    Scott, Harvey W.; Scott, Leslie M. (1924). History of the Oregon Country - 6 Volumes. Cambridge: Riverside Press. p. 187. OCLC 6608313.
  7. [7]
    "Twins and Trusts". Time. 13 February 1939. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  8. [8]
    Oregon State Treasury Administrative Overview. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
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