William Thompson Scott (born July 20, 1947) is an American jurist who is a former associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
He was elected in November 2004 to represent the 7th Supreme Court District, which consists of 22 counties in Eastern Kentucky.
[2] Scott was the Republican Party nominee for Kentucky's 7th congressional district in 1988 and 1990, losing to Democratic incumbent Carl C. Perkins on both occasions.
[5] On January 13, 2015, Scott kicked off his Republican campaign for governor Tuesday by announcing that former Menifee County Sheriff Rodney Coffey would be his running mate.
[7] After resigning from the Kentucky Supreme Court, David Allen Barber was appointed in Scott's place until Samuel T. Wright III was elected and replaced him.