List of United States Political Families (S) - The Scotts

The Scotts

  • Robert Walter Scott (I), member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
    • W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958), son of Robert Walter Scott, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1958. He also served as the Governor of North Carolina from 1949 to 1953.
    • Ralph Scott, brother of W. Kerr Scott, member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
      • Robert W. "Bob" Scott (born 1929), the son of W. Kerr Scott and nephew of Ralph, he served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1965 to 1969 and as the state's Governor from 1969 to 1973. He unsuccessfully ran for a new term as Governor in 1980, and later spent many years as the President of the North Carolina Community College System.
        • Meg Scott Phipps (born 1956), the daughter of Bob Scott and granddaughter of W. Kerr Scott, she was elected North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture in 2000. In 2003 she was convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice, and other crimes. She subsequently resigned as commissioner and spent three years in prison before being released in April 2007.

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