Stephen McCann (1919–1991) was a Democratic politician from

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 ...

. Born in Waynesburg, he lived for most of his life in Carmichaels, a southwestern Pennsylvania coal mining town. From 1952 to 1963, he represented Greene County in the state House of Representatives. In 1959, he was chosen as Majority Leader. McCann stepped down from his post to run for Lieutenant Governor in 1962; he was the running-mate of

Richardson Dilworth Richardson K. Dilworth (August 29, 1898 – January 23, 1974) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 91st mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962. He twice ran as the Democratic nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, in ...

, who lost the gubernatorial campaign for the second time in his career. After leaving elected office, he became closely aligned with the coal industry and long served as a lobbyist for mining corporations.

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1991 deaths 1919 births People from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Politicians from Greene County, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub