Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) is a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852.

Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he serves on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history, and many historians rate him the best American commander of his time.

Over the course of his forty-seven-year career, he commands forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan used to defeat the Confederacy.

He serves as Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years, longer than any other holder of the office.

A national hero after the Mexican-American War, he serves as military governor of Mexico City.

Such is his stature that, in 1852, the United States Whig Party passes over its own incumbent President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, to nominate Scott in that year's United States presidential election.

At a height of 6'5", he remains the tallest man ever nominated by a major party.

Scott loses to Democrat Franklin Pierce in the general election, but remains a popular national figure, receiving a brevet promotion in 1856 to the rank of lieutenant general, becoming the first American since George Washington to hold that rank.