Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An zabi Scott magajin garin Erie a 1866 kuma a 1871. Ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat daga 1876 zuwa 1884, kuma an sake nada shi a 1886. Ya kasance wakili ne a Babban Taron Kasa na Demokradiyya a 1868, 1876, 1880
, da kuma 1888. An yi la'akari da Scott a matsayin yiwuwar zabi ga Sakataren Baitulmalin Amurka a karkashin Grover Cleveland.