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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=John Wyeth "Jock" Scott, II
|name=John Wyeth "Jock" Scott, II
|term_start=1976
|term_start=1976
|term_end=1988
|term_end=1988
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|
Republican]]
Republican]] (1985)
|preceded=[[Ned Randoph|Edward Gordon "Ned" Randdolph, Jr.]]
|preceded=[[Ned Randoph|Edward Gordon "Ned" Randdolph, Jr.]]
|succeeded=Charles R. Herring
|succeeded=Charles R. Herring
John Wyeth Scott, III<br>
John Wyeth Scott, III<br>
Elizabeth Scott<br>
Elizabeth Scott<br>
|alma_mater=Bolton High School<br>
|alma_mater=Bolton High School<br>
[[Tulane University]]
[[Tulane University]]
[[Louisiana State University]] School of Law
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law School of Law
}}
}}
'''John Wyeth Scott II''', known as '''Jock Scott''' (June 29, 1947 – April 25, 2009), was an [[attorney]] and college [[professor]] in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who served three terms as the District 26 state representative, first as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (1976-1985) and then as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1985–1988). He was defeated in a race for the state Senate in 1987. He also lost two bids for the [[United States House of Representatives]]: a 1985 [[special election]] in the 8th congressional district, since disbanded, when he ran as a Democrat, and in the 2004 nonpartisan blanket primary for the 5th congressional district, when he challenged Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish. The district is now represented by [[Ralph Abraham]], a Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for October 12, 2019.
'''John Wyeth Scott II''', known as '''Jock Scott'' (June 29, 1947 – April 25, 2009), was an [[attorney]] and college [[professor]] in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who served three terms as the District 26 state representative, first as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (1976-1985) and then as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1985–1988). He was defeated in a race for the state Senate in 1987. He also lost two bids for the [[United States House of Representatives]]: a 1985 [[special election]] in the 8th congressional district, since disbanded, when he ran as a Democrat, and in the 2004 nonpartisan blanket primary for the 5th congressional district, when he challenged fellow Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish. The district is now represented by [[Ralph Abraham]], a Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 2019.