Scranton family
# Scranton family

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

* George Whitfield Scranton (1811–1861), United States Congressman, 1859–1861.
* Joseph A. Scranton (1838–1908), United States Congressman, 1881–1887, 1889–1891 and 1893–1897.
* William Walker Scranton (1844–1916), president and manager of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.
* Worthington Scranton (1876–1955), president, Scranton Gas and Water Company.
* 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. Granddaughter-in-law of Joseph A. Scranton.
* 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.
* 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.
