Winfield Scott (February 26, 1837 – October 19, 1910) was an American Baptist minister, military officer, and politician.

Shortly after graduating from seminary and taking his first job as a pastor, he left his church to lead a company during the American Civil War.

Scott continued in ministerial and evangelical efforts in Colorado and California before becoming a U.S. Army chaplain.

After retiring from the army, Scott moved to the Salt River Valley where he founded and was active in the early promotion of Scottsdale, Arizona.

[2] Scott's daughter Minnie was the wife of brigadier general Frank Herman Albright.

[4] A Baptist church in Syracuse, New York called Scott as their pastor following his graduation from seminary.

[5] He left this position in 1862 to raise a company to fight in the American Civil War and was commissioned a captain in the U.S.

[3] The city of Winfield, Kansas, was named in Scott's honor after he promised to build a church there.

[10] Scott and his wife founded the Arizona Baptist Foundation and became part of the area's local leadership.

[12] In 1896 the area added a school and the settlement around Scott's ranch was officially named Scottsdale.

[2] While in Phoenix, Arizona, he became ill and underwent surgery to treat a strangulated hernia shortly before his death on October 19, 1910.