Walter Augustus Scott (November 20, 1876 – June 28, 1963)[1][2] was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1917 to 1945.

Scott was born on November 20, 1876, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

[1] He attended high school in Crystal Springs, Mississippi.

[1] He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1908, after accepting a position in a hardware store there.

[4] When he was first inaugurated in 1917, he was Jackson's first mayor under the commission form of government.