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Scott was a son of Nauman Steele Scott, II (1916-2001) and the former Blanche Hammond (1920–1985).[1] In 1965, he graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria. at which one of his classmates was another future Louisiana state legislator, Charles W. DeWitt, Jr., from the neighboring District 25. The two were House colleagues from 1980 to 1988. DeWitt, later the Speaker of the Louisiana House, said that Scott always worked for the betterment of the public, not for his personal financial gain.[2]

Scott was a son of Nauman Steele Scott, II (1916-2001) and the former Blanche Hammond (1920–1985).[1] In 1965, he graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria. at which one of his classmates was another future Louisiana state legislator, Charles W. DeWitt, Jr., from the neighboring District 25. The two were House colleagues from 1980 to 1988. DeWitt, later the Speaker of the Louisiana House, said that Scott always worked for the betterment of the public, not for his personal financial gain.[2]

In 1969, Scott received his [Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. He then graduated from the [[Louisiana State University]] Paul M. Hebert School of Law in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was in law school at the time that [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] named Scott's Republican father to a new Alexandria-based U.S. District judgeship.

In 1969, Scott received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. He then graduated from the [[Louisiana State University]] Paul M. Hebert School of Law in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was in law school at the time that [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] named Scott's Republican father to a new Alexandria-based U.S. District judgeship.

Scott was married from 1970 until his death to the former Cynthia "Cyndy" Henderson (born 1948), a speech pathologist whom he had first met while she was a student at the since defunct St. Mary's Dominican College in New Orleans. Scott was the father of three grown children, Natalie Seeling and her husband, Michael, of Alexandria, John W. Scott, III, and his wife, Kristin, of [[Trinidad]], and Elizabeth Scott of [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He had two  grandsons too, John W. Scott, IV, and William Henderson Seeling.[3]

Scott was married from 1970 until his death to the former Cynthia "Cyndy" Henderson (born 1948), a speech pathologist whom he had first met while she was a student at the since defunct St. Mary's Dominican College in New Orleans. Scott was the father of three grown children, Natalie Seeling and her husband, Michael, of Alexandria, John W. Scott, III, and his wife, Kristin, of [[Trinidad]], and Elizabeth Scott of [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He had two  grandsons too, John W. Scott, IV, and William Henderson Seeling.[3]