REP. DELBERT L. SCOTT
91st General Assembly
Rep. Delbert Scott, a Republican, represents St. Clair, Benton, Hickory and Pettis counties (District 119) in the Missouri House of Representatives.
Elected in a special election in 1985, Rep. Scott was re-elected to his ninth consecutive term in 2000. He was elected four times to leadership positions in the House Republican Caucus, twice as Caucus Chairman and twice as Minority Floor Leader.
Raised in the small town of Lowry City, Rep. Scott graduated from Southwest Missouri State University with a teaching degree, taught school for 4 years and returned home to join the family hardware/home furnishings business where he remains active today.
His business is a 33-year member of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) and he served on the dealer advisory council of Townley Sentry Hardware in Kansas City and Denver. A delegate to district and state Republican Conventions in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, Rep. Scott served as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in August of 2000. In 1996, he was the 4th District Republican Elector to the Electoral College. In 1988, Rep. Scott was a delegate for the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) to India. He has been involved in numerous legislative conventions and study groups and is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council and the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL). He is also a member of the Missouri Invitational Celebrity Turkey Hunt organization in Warsaw, Mo.
Rep. Scott has been active in his community serving as president of the Lowry City Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Lowry City Industrial Development Authority, and was elected to the Lowry City Board of Aldermen in 1984. He is a deacon at the Lowry City Church of God (Holiness); a member of the board of trustees of the Kansas City College and Bible School; served 15 years as Activities Director of the Harmony Hill Youth Camp near Fulton, Mo.; and has written and published teaching materials for the "Way, Truth and Life" Sunday School curriculum. Singing in organized groups since he was a teen, Rep. Scott is a member of the General Assembly Gospel Singers. The group has performed patriotic and gospel music across Missouri, from small churches all the way to Chiefs, Royals and Cardinals stadiums, singing the national anthem. The Master's Four Quartet, in which he sang bass, recorded an album entitled "It's Time to Sing."
Rep. Scott is a three time recipient of the Missouri Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture award and was honored with the Missouri Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Enterprise award; the Voice of Missouri award, from Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM); the Missouri Community College Association MCAA Distinguished Legislator award and has received Legislator of the Year honors from the Missouri Propane Gas Association and the Missouri Recreational Dealers Association. In February 2001, he received the Outstanding Legislator award from the Missouri Federation of the Grand Order of Pachyderms.
Born September 9, 1949 in Clinton, Mo., he currently resides in Lowry City with his wife Donna. They have three children Todd, Timothy and Tiffany.