Robert W. Scott
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Robert Walter (Bob) Scott (born 13 June 1929, Haw River, North Carolina) was the Democratic governor of the state of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. The son of North Carolina governor W. Kerr Scott, Bob Scott was a dairy farmer before being elected to the post of lieutenant governor in 1964 before being elected as governor in 1968. His daughter, Meg Scott Phipps, later became North Carolina's commissioner of agriculture; in 2003 Bob Scott was implicated in the campaign finance scandal which drove Phipps to resign from office.
Preceded by: Dan K. Moore | Governor of North Carolina 1969-1973 | Succeeded by: James E. Holshouser, Jr. |