Levi Scott (Oregon politician)

Levi Scott
Oregon Territory Council
In office
1852–1855
ConstituencyUmpqua County, Douglas County & Jackson County counties
Delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention
In office
1857
ConstituencyUmpqua County
Personal details
BornFebruary 8, 1797
Monroe County, Illinois
DiedApril 21, 1890(1890-04-21) (aged 93)
Malheur County, Oregon
Political partyWhig

Levi C. Scott (1797–1890) was a politician in the Oregon Territory of the United States in the 1850s. A native of Illinois, he was a captain during the Cayuse War, helped lay the Applegate Trail, served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature, and in 1857 was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention. Scott also founded Scottsburg, Oregon, and is the namesake for several natural features in Southern Oregon.