Leslie M. Scott

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

Leslie McChesney Scott
Scott in 1941
Oregon State Treasurer
In office January 6, 1941 – January 3, 1949
Governor	Charles A. Sprague Earl Snell John H. Hall
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 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]

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. Family Search.com Individual Record
2. The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Scott, K to N
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. "Portland Saga". Time. 3 October 1938. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
5. Historic Irvington: The Coleman-Scott House Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
6. Scott, Harvey W.; Scott, Leslie M. (1924). History of the Oregon Country - 6 Volumes. Cambridge: Riverside Press. p. 187. OCLC 6608313.
   • F.G. Young (April 1925). "History of the Oregon Country. By HARVEY W. SCOTTT, Forty Years Editor of the Morning Oregonian". Book Reviews. The Washington Historical Quarterly. 16 (2): 146–148 – via University of Washington.
7. "Twins and Trusts". Time. 13 February 1939. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
8. Oregon State Treasury Administrative Overview. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.

External links

• Historic images of Leslie M. Scott from Salem Public Library

Political offices
Preceded by Walter E. Pearson	Treasurer of Oregon 1941–1949	Succeeded by Walter J. Pearson