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

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: * George W. 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 William Walker Scranton (April 4, 1844 – December 3, 1916) was an American businessman based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He became president and manager of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company after his father's death in 1872. The company ...

(1844–1916), president and manager of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company. *

Worthington Scranton Worthington Scranton (August 29, 1876 – February 13, 1955) was a 20th-century American lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist who became president of the Scranton Gas and Water Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a city which was named after h ...

(1876–1955), president,

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. *

Marion Margery Scranton Marion Margery Warren Scranton (April 2, 1884 – June 23, 1960) was a 20th-century women’s suffrage activist and leading member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in the United States. Known as “the Duchess and the Gr ...

(1884–1960),

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 William Warren Scranton (July 19, 1917 – July 28, 2013) was an American Republican Party politician and diplomat. Scranton served as the 38th governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967, and as United States Ambassador to the United Nations fr ...

(1917–2013),

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, 1963–1967;

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, 1976–1977; candidate for Republican nomination for

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, 1964. Grandson of William Walker Scranton. *

William Scranton III William Worthington Scranton III (born July 20, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987 in the administration of Governor Richard Thornburgh. He is the son of the late Pennsylv ...

(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.William Scranton
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Images of Scranton family members: File:George W. Scranton (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg, George Whitfield Scranton (1811-1861) File:Joseph A. Scranton (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg, Joseph Augustine Scranton (1838-1908) File:William Walker Scranton.jpg, William Walker Scranton (1844-1916) File:Worthington Scranton, circa 1898.jpg, Worthington Scranton (1876-1955) File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, Rep. Nat(?) Co(...) LCCN2016876705.jpg, Marion Margery (Warren) Scranton (1884-1960) File:William Scranton.jpg, Governor William Warren Scranton (1917-2013) File:William Scranton III.png, Lieutenant Governor William Worthington Scranton III (born 1947) Images of the estate of Worthington and Marion Margery Scranton,

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, 1942: File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08342.tif, Scranton estate house, view from the beach File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08346.tif, Patio overlooking beach File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08349.jpg, Patio view of ocean File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08359.jpg, Living room view of patio window File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08357.jpg, Living room, fireplace view File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08352.jpg, West loggia File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08355.jpg, Dining room, view to loggia File:Mrs. Worthington Scranton, residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. LOC gsc.5a08353.jpg, North loggia

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