Walter A. Scott

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Walter A. Scott

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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Scott was born on November 20, 1876, in [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi]]. He attended high school in [[Crystal Springs, Mississippi]]. He then managed a hardware store in [[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]]. He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1908, after accepting a position in a hardware store there.{{Cite web|title=Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on July 11, 1963 · Page 15|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/185467756/?terms=Walter%20Augustus%20Scott&match=1|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} He became the mayor of [[Jackson, Mississippi]], in 1917.{{Cite web|title=Hattiesburg American from Hattiesburg, Mississippi on June 28, 1963 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/277153577/?article=9aabd1b8-2064-4fd8-938e-2a30d6e74f2e|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} When he was first inaugurated in 1917, he was Jackson's first mayor under the commission form of government.{{Cite web|title=Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on January 7, 1941 · Page 14|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/203078167/?terms=Walter%20Augustus%20Scott&match=4|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} Scott served seven terms in office, his last term, after running without opposition, starting in 1941. He ran in the 1944 election for mayor against [[Leland S. Speed|Leland Speed]]{{Cite news|date=1944-06-18|title=Certification for Mayor's Race_June 18, 1944|pages=16|work=Clarion-Ledger|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9598578/certification-for-mayors-racejune-18/|access-date=2021-01-10}} and lost, ending his tenure as mayor in 1945. He died on June 28, 1963, in Jackson, Mississippi.
Scott was born on November 20, 1876, in [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi]]. He attended high school in [[Crystal Springs, Mississippi]]. He then managed a hardware store in [[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]]. He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1908, after accepting a position in a hardware store there.{{Cite web|title=Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on July 11, 1963 · Page 15|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/185467756/?terms=Walter%20Augustus%20Scott&match=1|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} He became the mayor of [[Jackson, Mississippi]], in 1917.{{Cite web|title=Hattiesburg American from Hattiesburg, Mississippi on June 28, 1963 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/277153577/?article=9aabd1b8-2064-4fd8-938e-2a30d6e74f2e|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} When he was first inaugurated in 1917, he was Jackson's first mayor under the commission form of government.{{Cite web|title=Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on January 7, 1941 · Page 14|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/203078167/?terms=Walter%20Augustus%20Scott&match=4|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} Scott served seven terms in office, his last term, after running without opposition, starting in 1941. He ran in the 1944 election for mayor against [[Leland S. Speed|Leland Speed]]{{Cite news|date=1944-06-18|title=Certification for Mayor's Race_June 18, 1944|pages=16|work=Clarion-Ledger|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9598578/certification-for-mayors-racejune-18/|access-date=2021-01-10}} and lost, ending his tenure as mayor in 1945. He died on June 28, 1963, in Jackson, Mississippi.

==See also==
*[[List of longest-serving United States mayors]]


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