Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kōwhiria a Scott hei rangatira o Erie i te tau 1866 me te tau 1871. I mahi ia hei mema o te Democratic National Committee mai i te 1876 ki te 1884, a ka tohua ano ia i te 1886. He karere ia ki ngā Huihuinga ā-Motu ā-Rōpū Tūmatanui i te tau 1868, 1876,
1880, me te 1888. I whakaarohia a Scott hei whiringa pea mo te Hekeretari o te Taonga o te United States i raro i a Grover Cleveland.