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Scranton was born in Madison, Connecticut , moving to Pennsylvania with his family a boy and settling in Lackawanna County , where the Scranton community was named for his family. He attended the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and then received his Higher Education at Yale from 1857 to 1861 . After completion of his studies at Yale, Scranton was given the political patronage postition of "collector of internal revenue" in 1862 , which he retained until 1866 . In 1867 he founded the ''Scranton Daily Republican'' Newspaper . He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872 . He was Postmaster of the Scranton Post Office from March 19 , 1874 to May 5 , 1881 . In 1880 Scranton was elected to Congress for the first time, serving in the 47th Congress . However, he was defeated for a second term in 1882 , but won one in 1884 , being defeated for re-election in 1886 . He won a third term in 1888 , however. Scranton was again defeated for re-election in 1890 and resumed his newspaper career. However, he was subsequently elected to two consecutive terms for the only time in 1892 and 1894 . In 1896 he chose not to run for a sixth term and re-ented the newspaper business, serving the ''Daily Republican'' as both Editor and Publisher . Scranton's final political office was that of treasurer of Lackawanna County from 1901 to 1903 . He died in his beloved namesake city in 1908. His grandson, William Scranton , served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967 . REFERENCES |
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