Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họpụtara Scott dị ka onyeisi obodo nke Erie na 1866 na ọzọ na 1871. O jere ozi dị ka onye otu Kọmitii Democratic National site na 1876 ruo 1884, a họpụtakwara ya ọzọ na 1886. Ọ bụ onye nnọchiteanya na Democratic National Conventions na 1868, 1876,
1880, na 1888. A na-ele Scott anya dị ka nhọrọ ga-ekwe omume maka United States Secretary of Treasury n'okpuru Grover Cleveland.