Leslie M. Scott

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name = Leslie M. Scott


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death_date = December 1968
death_place = Portland, Oregon
office = Oregon State Treasurer
term_start = January 6 1941
term_end = January 3 1949
predecessor = Walter Pearson
successor = Walter Pearson
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Leslie M. Scott (February 18 1878 - December 1968) [ [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/IGI/family_group_record.asp?familyid=326756773&indi_id=100335451936&lds=1&region=11&frompage=99 Family Search.com Family Group Record] ] [ [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/SSDI/individual_record.asp?recid=542362402&lds=3&region=-1&regionfriendly=&frompage=99 Family Search.com Individual Record] ] was an American historian, newspaper publisher and Republican politician in Oregon. He served as Oregon State Treasurer from 1941-1949. [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott6.html The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Scott, K to N] ] He served as acting Governor of Oregon for a period in 1948. [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] He was also president of the Portland, Oregon Chamber of Commerce.cite journal |year= 1938 |month= October 3|title= Portland Saga|journal= Time |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760266-2,00.html|accessdate= 2007-06-20 ]

He served as chairman of the "Oregon Historical Quarterly" and served more than 40 years on the board of the Oregon Historical Society. [http://www.irvingtonhometour.com/NationalRegister/Scott.shtml Historic Irvington: The Coleman-Scott House] ]

Scott and his father, "Oregonian" editor Harvey W. Scott, compiled the six-volume "A History of the Oregon Country". [cite book
last=Scott
first=Harvey W.
authorlink=Harvey W. Scott
coauthors=Leslie M. Scott
year=1924
title=History of the Oregon Country
location=Cambridge
publisher=Riverside Press
url=http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/6608313
pages=187] Leslie Scott served on the board of "The Oregonian" starting in 1939. [cite journal |year= 1939 |month= February 13|title= Twins and Trusts|journal= Time |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771533,00.html|accessdate= 2007-06-20 ] In 1940, he was elected as a Republican to the office of State Treasurer, taking office on January 6 1941. [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections26.htm Oregon Blue Book: Treasurers of Oregon.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on March 26 2008.] Scott won re-election to a second four-year term in 1944, and then left office on January 3 1949.

His house in Portland, the Leslie M. Scott House, built circa 1910, is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). [ [http://egov.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf Oregon National Register List] ] The NRHP-listed Coleman-Scott House is also associated with Scott.

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* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Scott,%20Leslie&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic images of Leslie M. Scott] from Salem Public Library