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Skyline of downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. The city named after him and his family.
George Whitfield Scranton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 24, 1861
Preceded byPaul Leidy
Succeeded byHendrick Bradley Wright
Personal details
Born(1811-05-11)May 11, 1811
Madison, Connecticut, US
DiedMarch 24, 1861(1861-03-24) (aged 49)
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
RelationsJoseph A. Scranton (second-cousin)

George Whitfield Scranton (May 11, 1811 – March 24, 1861) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861.

Early life

George Scranton was born in Madison, Connecticut. He attended Lee’s Academy. He moved to Belvidere, New Jersey, in 1828 and became a teamster.

Career

From 1835 to 1839, Scranton was interested in agricultural pursuits and in the latter year engaged in the manufacture of iron, and began experimenting with the practicability of smelting ore by means of anthracite coal in Slocum (now Scranton, Pennsylvania). He was the founder of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company and the city of Scranton. He projected and constructed the Northumberland division of the Lackawanna Railroad. He was the president of two railroad companies.

Politics

He was elected to congress as a Republican in 1858 to the 36th Congress and served from March 4, 1859, until his death in Scranton on March 24, 1861.

Personal life

He was the second-cousin to Joseph A. Scranton.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byPaul Leidy Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district
1859 - 1861 		Succeeded byHendrick B. Wright

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