Politics
- William Scott (died 1434), MP for Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Scott of Scott's Hall (1459–1524), English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- William Scott (MP for New Woodstock) (c.1579-aft.1611), MP for New Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)
- Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet (1803-1871), Scottish Liberal politician
- William James Scott (1812–1882), farmer and politician in Canada West
- William Lawrence Scott (1828–1891), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania
- William Hepburn Scott (1837–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician from Ontario
- W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator
- William John Scott (1915–2001), known as Jack Scott, New Zealand politician
- William L. Scott (1915–1997), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia
- William C. Scott (1921–1998), Canadian politician
- William Alexander Scott (born 1940), Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda
- William R. Scott, a candidate in the United States Senate election in New York, 1980
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