| Scott Wilson | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| Term Start: | March 31, 1940 |
| Term End: | October 22, 1942 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| Term Start1: | October 2, 1929 |
| Term End1: | March 31, 1940 |
| Appointer1: | Herbert Hoover |
| Predecessor1: | Charles Fletcher Johnson |
| Successor1: | Peter Woodbury |
| Office2: | Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Term Start2: | March 1, 1925 |
| Term End2: | October 7, 1929 |
| Appointer2: | Owen Brewster |
| Predecessor2: | Leslie C. Cornish |
| Successor2: | Luere B. Deasy |
| Office3: | Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Term Start3: | August 17, 1918 |
| Term End3: | March 1, 1925 |
| Appointer3: | Carl Milliken |
| Office4: | Attorney General of Maine |
| Term Start4: | 1913 |
| Term End4: | 1914 |
| Governor4: | William T. Haines |
| Predecessor4: | William Robinson Pattangall |
| Successor4: | William Robinson Pattangall |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1870 |
| Birth Place: | Falmouth, Maine |
| Death Place: | Portland, Maine |
| Education: | University of Pennsylvania Bates College (AB) read law |
Scott Wilson (January 11, 1870 – October 22, 1942) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Born on January 11, 1870, in Falmouth, Maine, Wilson attended the University of Pennsylvania and then received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1892 from Bates College. He read law in 1895, under the supervision of Joseph W. Symonds,[1] and entered private practice in Portland, Maine from 1895 to 1918. He was city solicitor of Deering, Maine in 1899. He was an assistant county attorney of Cumberland County, Maine from 1900 to 1902. He was city solicitor of Portland from 1902 to 1905. He was the Attorney General of Maine from 1913 to 1914. He was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 1918 to 1929, serving as chief justice from 1925 to 1929.
Wilson was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on September 9, 1929, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated by Judge Charles Fletcher Johnson. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 2, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He was a member of the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now the Judicial Conference of the United States) in 1939. He assumed senior status on March 31, 1940. His service terminated on October 22, 1942, due to his death in Portland.