Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the William Lloyd Scott papers must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred Citation

William Lloyd Scott papers, C0128, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by William L. Scott in 1978.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009.

Biographical Information

William Lloyd Scott was a Republican politician from Virginia. After receiving a law degree from George Washington University, Scott began his career as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in 1934-1961 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1961-1966 Scott became a private practitioner of law in Fairfax, Virginia. In 1966 he received the Republican nomination for Representative of Virginia's 8th congressional district, where he served from 1967-1973. After working as a Virginia delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1972, Scott won a seat in the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1973-79.

Throughout his career, Scott became affiliated with numerous professional and fraternal organizations. He was a Methodist by faith, a member of the American Bar Association by trade, and became a member of the American Legion, Forty and Eight, the Freemasons, the Shriners, and the Lions. Scott was a resident of Fairfax Station, Virginia, but was confined later in life to a nursing center in Fairfax, Virginia for Alzheimer's Disease, where he lived out his final years.

Scope and Content

Contains records of Scott's career as a U.S. Congressman and Senator of Virginia from 1967-1979, including reports, bills, hearings, campaign materials, appointment books, voting records, correspondence, publications, photographs, video tapes, and congressional research materials.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by subject.

Related Material

Special Collection and Archives also holds many other collections on Northern Virginia politics and government.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Scott, William Lloyd, 1915-1997.

Corporate Names:

• United States. Congress. House.
• United States. Congress. Senate.

Geographical Names:

• United States--Politics and government.

Subjects:

• Bills, Legislative.

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