Scranton family explained

The Scrantons are a family prominent in the business and political history of Pennsylvania:

• George Whitfield Scranton (1811 - 1861), United States Congressman, 1859–1861.^[1]
• Joseph A. Scranton (1838 - 1908), United States Congressman, 1881–1887, 1889–1891 and 1893–1897.^[2]
• William Walker Scranton (1844 - 1916), president and manager of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.^[3]
• Worthington Scranton (1876 - 1955), president, Scranton Gas and Water Company.^{[4] [5]}
• Marion Margery Scranton (1884 - 1960), Pennsylvania Republican Committee Member, 1922–1934; Republican National Committee Member, 1928–1940; Vice Chair of the Republican National Committee, 1937; delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1940, 1944, 1948.^{[6] [7]} Granddaughter-in-law of Joseph A. Scranton.^[8]
• William Warren Scranton (1917 - 2013), Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963–1967; United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1976–1977; candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States, 1964. Grandson of William Walker Scranton.^[9]
• William Scranton III (born 1947) lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, 1979–1987; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1986; candidate for Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania, 2006. Son of William Warren Scranton.^[10]

See also

• List of United States political families
• Scranton Area Community Foundation

Gallery

Images of Scranton family members:

Images of the estate of Worthington and Marion Margery Scranton, Hobe Sound, Florida, 1942:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lawrence Kestenbaum . Index to Politicians: Scott-williams to Scruton . The Political Graveyard . 2016-04-19.
2. Web site: Lawrence Kestenbaum . Index to Politicians: Scott-williams to Scruton . The Political Graveyard . 2016-04-19.
3. Hitchcock, Frederick; Downs, John. History of Scranton and Its People, Vol. 1. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914.
4. "Worthington Scranton Expires in Florida." Altoona, Pennsylvania: Altoona Tribune, February 14, 1955.
5. White, Theodore H. “Squire Scranton Bides His Time.” New York, New York: Life, February 28, 1964, pp. 63-72 (retrieved online, June 3, 2021).
6. Carocci, Vincent P. Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania, Chapter 13: “William Warren Scranton II (1963-1967).” University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.
7. Perlstein, Rick. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, p. 275. New York, New York: Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
8. Web site: Index to Politicians: Scott-williams to Scruton. Lawrence Kestenbaum. The Political Graveyard. 2016-04-19.
9. Web site: Lawrence Kestenbaum . Index to Politicians: Scott-williams to Scruton . The Political Graveyard . 2016-04-19.
10. "William Scranton," in "Meltdown at Three Mile Island." Boston, Massachusetts: WGBH Educational Foundation, retrieved online June 8, 2021.