{{short description|American banker and politician from Vermont}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Walter F. Scott |image = Walter F. Scott (Vermont Treasurer).jpg |alt = |caption = |order1 = 18th Vermont State Treasurer |term_start1 = 1915 |term_end1 = 1923 |governor1 = {{Plainlist| *Charles W. Gates *Horace F. Graham *Percival W. Clement *James Hartness}} |predecessor1 = Edward H. Deavitt |successor1 = Thomas H. Cave |order2 = Member of the Vermont Senate from Rutland County |term_start2 = 1908 |term_end2 = 1909 |alongside2 = Eugene McIntyre<br/>William Franklin Walker<br/>Fred M. Butler |preceded2 = Henry Otis Carpenter<br/>Dan Demin Burditt<br/>John Emory Buxton<br/>William H. Rowland |succeeded2 = Henry B. Barden<br/>Henry L. Clark<br/>Samuel R. Hitchcock<br/>Egbert Clayton Tuttle |order3 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Brandon |term_start3 = 1906 |term_end3 = 1907 |preceded3 = Lewis J. Fortier |succeeded3 = Tom W. Ray |birth_date = {{birth date|1856|12|05}} |birth_place = Barre, Vermont, US |death_date = {{death date and age|1938|02|15|1856|12|05}} |death_place = Brandon, Vermont, US |resting_place = Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, Vermont |education = Goddard Seminary |occupation = Banker<br/>Farmer |party = Republican |spouse = Lucretia Ballard (m. 1920) }}
'''Walter F. Scott''' (December 5, 1856 – February 15, 1938) was an American banker and politician from Brandon, Vermont. A Republican, he served in the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate, and as Vermont State Treasurer.
==Biography== Scott was born in Barre, Vermont on December 5, 1856.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dodge |first=Prentiss Cutler |date=1912 |title=Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tt2_3hTQxFMC |quote=scott, walter f. 1856. |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Ullery Publishing Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tt2_3hTQxFMC/page/n350 308]}}</ref> He was educated at Goddard Seminary in Barre. In 1873 he became a resident of Brandon.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&dq=%22scott%2C+walter+f.%22+1856&pg=PA308 Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography]''</ref>
==Banking career== He worked as a clerk for the Central Vermont Railway.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&dq=%22scott%2C+walter+f.%22+1856&pg=PA308 Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography]''</ref> In 1880 he began a banking career as a teller at the Brandon National Bank. Scott became the bank's cashier in 1883.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&dq=%22scott%2C+walter+f.%22+1856&pg=PA308 Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography]''</ref>
Scott also operated a farm, which included breeding Ayrshire cattle.<ref>{{cite book |last=Winslow |first=C. M. |date=1902 |title=Ayrshire Herd Record |volume=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqZOAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22walter+f.+scott%22+%22brandon%22&pg=PA301 |location=Rutland, VT |publisher=Tuttle Co. |page=301}}</ref>
==Political career== A Republican, he served as Brandon's town treasurer and a justice of the peace for many years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bigelow |first=Walter J. |date=1919 |title=Vermont, Its Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22walter+f.+scott%22+%22brandon%22+%22treasurer%22&pg=PA22 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Historical Publishing Company |pages=22–23}}</ref> He represented Brandon in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1906.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22walter+f.+scott%22+%22brandon%22+%22treasurer%22&pg=PA22 Vermont, Its Government]''</ref> In 1908 he served in the Vermont Senate.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22walter+f.+scott%22+%22brandon%22+%22treasurer%22&pg=PA22 Vermont, Its Government]''</ref>
==State treasurer== In 1914 Scott was the successful Republican nominee for state treasurer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vermont General Assembly |date=1919 |title=Vermont Legislative Directory |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |page=452}}</ref> He was reelected in 1916, 1918, and 1920, and served from 1915 to 1923.<ref>{{cite book |last=Merrill |first=Perry Henry |date=1975 |title=Vermont Under Four Flags: A History of the Green Mountain State, 1635-1975 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89IiAQAAIAAJ&q=%22walter+f.+scott%22+%22treasurer%22+1915+1923 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Perry H. Merrill |page=318 |isbn=978-0-9605806-1-3}}</ref>
==Later career== Scott became president of the Brandon National Bank, and remained active until his death.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stone |first=Arthur F. |date=1929 |title=The Vermont of Today, with its Historic Background, Attractions and People |url=https://archive.org/stream/vermontoftodaywi02ston#page/462/mode/2up/search/walter |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=462}}</ref>
==Fraternal memberships== In addition to being active in Brandon's Masonic lodge, Scott was active in both Royal Arch Masonry and the Knights Templar.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&dq=%22scott%2C+walter+f.%22+1856&pg=PA308 Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography]''</ref>
==Family== Having remained a bachelor until he was over 60, in 1920 Scott married Lucretia Ballard, the divorced mother of a son who was born in 1920.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008 for Walter F Scott |date=February 14, 1920 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Provo, UT |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Death and burial== Scott died in Brandon on February 15, 1938.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=February 15, 1938 |title=Banker Dies Suddenly |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/ |newspaper=Biddeford Daily Journal |location=Biddeford, ME |page=2 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in St. Albans, Vermont.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records/state-archives/government-history/government-officials/state-officers/state-treasurers.aspx State Treasurers, 1778-Present] at ''Vermont Secretary of State'' *{{Find a Grave|37041980}}
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