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{{Short description|Governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = William Scranton
| image               = William Scranton (R-PA) (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 1962
| office              = 13th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]]
| president           = [[Gerald Ford]]
| term_start          = March 15, 1976
| term_end            = January 19, 1977
| predecessor         = [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]]
| successor           = [[Andrew Young]]
| order1              = 38th
| office1             = Governor of Pennsylvania
| lieutenant1         = Raymond P. Shafer
| term_start1         = January 15, 1963
| term_end1           = January 17, 1967
| predecessor1        = [[David L. Lawrence|David Lawrence]]
| successor1          = [[Raymond P. Shafer]]
| state2              = [[Pennsylvania]]
| district2           = {{ushr|PA|10|10th}}
| term_start2         = January 3, 1961
| term_end2           = January 3, 1963
| predecessor2        = [[Stanley Prokop]]
| successor2          = [[Joe McDade]]
| birth_name          = William Warren Scranton
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1917|7|19}}
| birth_place         = [[Madison, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2013|7|28|1917|7|19}}
| death_place         = [[Montecito, California]], U.S.
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Mary Scranton|Mary Lowe Chamberlain]]|July 6, 1942}}
| children            = 4, including [[William Scranton III|William III]]
| relatives           = [[Scranton family]]
| education           = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[LLB]])
| allegiance          = United States
| branch              = [[File:US Army Air Corps Hap Arnold Wings.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Air Forces]]<br>{{Air force|United States}}
| serviceyears        = 1941–1945
| rank                = [[File:US military captain's rank.gif|20px]] [[Captain (United States)|Captain]]
}}

'''William Warren Scranton''' (July 19, 1917 – July 28, 2013) was an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politician and diplomat.<ref>McFadden, Robert D. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/us/politics/william-scranton-former-pennsylvania-governor-dies-at-96.html William W. Scranton, 96, G.O.P. Prodigy Who Led Pennsylvania, Is Dead]." New York, New York: ''The New York Times'', July 29, 2013 (retrieved online, June 3, 2021).</ref> Scranton served as the 38th [[governor of Pennsylvania]] from 1963 to 1967, and as [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] from 1976 to 1977.<ref>"[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/governors/1951-2015/william-scranton.html Governor William Warren Scranton]" (biography), in "Governors." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, retrieved online, June 3, 2021.</ref>

Born into the prominent [[Scranton family]],<ref>Carocci, Vincent P. ''Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=y_WmSReClWgC&dq=%22Marion+Margery+Warren+Scranton%22&pg=PA125 Chapter 13: "William Warren Scranton II (1963–1967)]." University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.</ref> William W. Scranton graduated from [[Yale Law School]] and served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, he practiced law and became active in the [[Pennsylvania Republican Party]]. He won election to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in [[1960 United States House of Representatives elections|1960]] and gained a reputation as an outspoken moderate during his time in Congress. He won the Republican nomination in [[1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|Pennsylvania's 1962 gubernatorial election]], defeating [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Richardson Dilworth]] in the general election.<ref>Baer, John. "[https://www.inquirer.com/philly/hp/news_update/20130730_An_elegant_man__and_politician__passes.html An elegant man (and politician) passes: William Warren Scranton was many things rarely seen in politics today]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', July 30, 2013 (retrieved online, June 3, 2021).</ref>

As governor, Scranton presided over sweeping reforms to Pennsylvania's education system, including the creation of the state's [[List of community colleges#United States|community college system]].<ref>White, Theodore H. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=TFQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Marion+Margery+Warren+Scranton%22&pg=PA64 Squire Scranton Bides His Time]." New York, New York: ''Life'', February 28, 1964, pp. 63-72 (retrieved online, June 3, 2021).</ref> Scranton entered the race for the [[1964 Republican Party presidential primaries|1964 Republican presidential nomination]] after the collapse of [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s candidacy, but [[Barry Goldwater]] won the nomination. Scranton was term-limited out of office in 1967 but remained active in politics. He chaired the [[President's Commission on Campus Unrest]], served as a member of the transition team for President [[Gerald Ford]], and served as the [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] from 1976 to 1977. He also served on the boards of several high-profile corporations and was associated with the [[Trilateral Commission]] and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].

==Early life==
William Scranton was born on July 19, 1917, while the Scranton family was on vacation at a cottage in [[Madison, Connecticut]].<ref>Perlstein, Rick. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=DG3BE0C0VkAC&dq=%22Marion+Margery+Warren+Scranton%22&pg=PA275 Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus]'', p. 275. New York, New York: Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.</ref> He was the son of [[Worthington Scranton]], a wealthy Pennsylvania businessman who was the president of the [[Scranton Gas and Water Company]], and [[Marion Margery Scranton|Marion Margery (Warren) Scranton]], a member of the [[Republican National Committee]] for over two decades.<ref>O'Malley III, Michael J. "[http://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/gentleman-pennsylvania-interview-william-w-scranton/ The Gentleman from Pennsylvania: An Interview with William W. Scranton]," in ''Pennsylvania Heritage'', Winter 2001. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, retrieved online June 3, 2021.</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11005.html |title = The Political Graveyard: Scranton family of Scranton, Pennsylvania}}</ref> Despite her own involvement in politics, his mother tried to dissuade him from entering politics because of his childhood struggles with [[asthma]]. She feared that the stress of campaigning would be detrimental to his frail health. She died just before her son's election to Congress in 1960.

Scranton family members, [[George W. Scranton]] and his brother Selden, were the founders and patriarchs of the city of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]. He was the grandnephew of [[Joseph A. Scranton]], a Representative from Pennsylvania. He was also a nephew by marriage of former [[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[David Davis (senator)|David Davis]], a confidante of President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. His maternal ancestors came to America on the ''[[Mayflower]]''.<ref>White, Theodore H. "Squire Scranton Bides His Time," ''Life'', February 28, 1964, pp. 63-72.</ref>

Scranton's father was the son of [[William Walker Scranton]] (1844–1916) and Katharine Maria Smith (1851–1935). His father was an industrialist, general manager of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company founded by George W. Scranton, among other interests in Scranton. Katherine Smith was the daughter of [[Worthington Curtis Smith]], who served as a United States Congressman from [[Vermont]]. Katherine M. Smith's uncle was [[J. Gregory Smith]], who served as [[Governor of Vermont]]. Her cousins included [[Edward Curtis Smith]], who also served as governor. Her grandfather, [[John Smith (Vermont politician)|John Smith]], also served as a United States Congressman from Vermont. Scranton's genealogical line runs from John Smith (great-great-grandfather) to Worthington C. Smith (great-grandfather) to Katherine Maria Smith Scranton (paternal grandmother) to Worthington Scranton (father) to Scranton.<ref>"William Walker Scranton" (obituary). Scranton, Pennsylvania: [[Scranton Republican]], December 6, 1916.</ref>

William Warren Scranton resided with his parents for many years at Marworth, an estate in [[Dalton, Pennsylvania]], that was located roughly eight miles north of Scranton.<ref>"Mrs. Marion Margery Scranton Dies," ''The Scranton Tribune'', June 24, 1960.</ref> Following the death of his parents, he inherited the estate. On October 9, 1976, Scranton and his wife hosted a "Day in the Country" party at Marworth. Among the guests in attendance were U.N. Secretary-General [[Kurt Waldheim]] and James Murray, British ambassador to the United Nations.<ref>"Fulton, Brian. "[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/523471817/ Who's who of the United Nations parties at Marworth estate]." Scranton, Pennsylvania: ''The Times-Tribune'', October 24, 2018, p. G15.</ref> In 1981, ground was broken for a new alcohol and drug rehabilitation center to be operated by the Geisinger Medical Management Corporation on the grounds at Marworth.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/534056204/ Marworth Project]" (photo essay). Scranton, Pennsylvania: ''Scrantonian Tribune'', October 25, 1981, p. 113.</ref>

==Education==
Scranton began his education at the Scranton Country Day School, which had been founded by his parents, completing his basic schooling at the [[Fessenden School]] in [[Newton, Massachusetts]],<ref name="auto">"Governor William Warren Scranton" (biography), in "Governors," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.</ref> and attended the prestigious [[Hotchkiss School]] in [[Lakeville, Connecticut]]. Scranton graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1939. While at Yale, he was a member of the [[Yale Political Union]] and the [[Chi Psi]] [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]], where he became friends with another fraternity brother from [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]], future [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], and of the [[Berzelius]] Secret Senior Society (pictured with his Berzelius Class of '39 as <ref>{{cite web | url=http://images.library.yale.edu/madid/oneItem.aspx?id=1772773&q=&q1=&q2=&qc1=&qc2=&qf1=&qf2=&qn=5565&qo=&qm=&qs=&sid=&qx= | title=Yale Library | access-date=14 August 2016 | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231452/http://images.library.yale.edu/madid/oneItem.aspx?id=1772773&q=&q1=&q2=&qc1=&qc2=&qf1=&qf2=&qn=5565&qo=&qm=&qs=&sid=&qx= | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Military service==
Scranton attended [[Yale Law School]] from 1939 to 1941, dropping out in advance of [[World War II]], enlisting in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] and serving as an Air Transport Command pilot during the war. Although he did not serve in [[combat]], he was assigned to aircraft mobilization and [[pilot]] training duties, and was stationed on three different continents during his tour of duty, including [[South America]], [[Africa]], and [[Asia]]. On July 6, 1942, he married [[Mary Scranton|Mary Lowe Chamberlain]] (1918–2015). The couple had four children, a daughter and three sons, Susan, William Worthington, Joseph Curtis and Peter Kip. He was honorably discharged from the military as a captain, but was active in the [[U.S. Air Force Reserves]] for two decades thereafter. Following the war, he resumed his studies at Yale Law School. He graduated in 1946 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania [[bar (law)|bar]] in August of that year.<ref name="auto"/>

==Early career==
[[File:Wm Scranton Pennsylvania 87th Cong.png|thumbnail|right|Scranton's official congressional photo]]
Scranton practiced law and then entered the business community after the war becoming successful in several firms in northeastern Pennsylvania. He joined the largest correspondence school in the United States, [[International Correspondence Schools]] in 1949 as its Vice President for legal affairs.  He left that post in 1954, but later served on the board of directors, as had his father. He became active in Republican Party politics in the 1950s and came to the attention of President [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. In 1959, Eisenhower appointed Scranton as a special assistant to [[U.S. Secretary of State]] [[John Foster Dulles]] and later [[Christian Herter]]. Scranton served a little over a year before resigning to run for Congress.<ref name="auto"/>

Scranton's name recognition and family connections helped him win a 17,000 vote victory over [[incumbent]] [[Stanley Prokop]] in a largely [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] district in 1960. Scranton represented Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to 1963. Though a freshman Republican, he quickly gained a reputation as an outspoken [[moderate]] and supported much of President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s social agenda
including his legislative agenda for the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and the [[Peace Corps]]. The [[News media|media]] quickly dubbed him a "Kennedy Republican."<ref name="auto"/>

==1962 gubernatorial election==
{{Main|1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election}}
In 1962, the [[Pennsylvania Republican Party]], which had lost the two previous gubernatorial elections and seen the state's [[electoral College (United States)|electoral votes]] go to Kennedy in the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential election]], became convinced that a moderate like Scranton, would have enough bipartisan appeal to revitalize the party. He ran for governor against [[Richardson Dilworth]], the [[mayor of Philadelphia]].<ref>Carocci, Vincent P. ''Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania'', Chapter 13: "William Warren Scranton II (1963–1967)," The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.
</ref> The ticket added [[Raymond Shafer]], who would succeed him as governor, as his [[running mate]]. After one of the most acrimonious campaigns in state history, Scranton and Shafer won a huge victory in the election against their opponents by nearly half a million votes, out of just over 6.6 million cast.<ref name="auto"/>

==Governor of Pennsylvania==
Economic conditions improved for Pennsylvania residents statewide under Scranton's leadership as "unemployment went from 7.5 percent to 3.6 percent," and the "average blue-collar weekly paycheck increased nearly $23 over the four years," according to the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. Restricted by state law to just one term as governor during his time in office, Scranton increased state government spending to a then-record $5.21 billion over his term, compared to $3.78 billion by his predecessor."<ref>McNulty, Timothy. "Former Pennsylvania governor William Scranton Jr. dies," ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', July 30, 2013.</ref> He also signed into law sweeping reforms in the state's education system, which created the state community college system, the state board of education and the state Higher Education Assistance Agency, and he established a program to promote the state in national and international markets and increase the attractiveness of the state's products and services.<ref>White, Theodore H. "Squire Scranton Bides His Time," Life, February 28, 1964, pp. 63-72.</ref>

The [[Chester school protests]] in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]], in the spring of 1964 led by [[George Raymond]] of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] (NAACP) and [[Stanley Branche]] of the [[Committee for Freedom Now]] (CFFN) against the de facto segregation of public schools prompted Scranton to implement the Pennsylvania Human Relations commission.  All protests were discontinued while the commission held hearings during the summer of 1964.  Scranton also supported the formation of the Greater Chester Movement, an umbrella organization intended to coordinate activities of groups working toward the betterment of Chester <ref>{{cite book |last1=Mele |first1=Christopher |title=Race and the Politics of Deception: The Making of an American City |date=2017 |publisher=New York University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4798-6609-0 |pages=96–97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xAl3DQAAQBAJ |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>

While he was governor, the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania until then took place. On May 11, 1966, [[Peggy Ann Bradnick]] was kidnapped near [[Shade Gap]]. [[Pennsylvania State Police]], [[FBI]] agents, local law enforcement, and civilian volunteers scoured the mountains around [[Shade Gap]] and [[Burnt Cabins]]. On May 17, the kidnapper, William Diller Hollenbaugh, shot and killed FBI Agent Terry Ray Anderson. On May 18, Hollenbaugh shot and wounded [[Cambria County]] Deputy Sheriff Francis Sharpe. There was a shootout at Rubeck's farm in Burnt Cabins and Hollenbaugh was killed; Peggy Ann Bradnick was rescued without serious injury.

==1964 presidential election==
{{Main|1964 Republican Party presidential primaries}}
[[File:Scranton supporters ride a decorated San Francisco trolley car during RNC (cropped1).jpg|thumb|Scranton supporters ride a [[San Francisco]] [[San Francisco cable car system|cable car]] during the [[1964 Republican National Convention]]]]
Although Scranton did not actively seek the 1964 Republican nomination for [[President of the United States]] in the beginning, a "Draft Scranton" movement quickly gathered momentum among moderate and liberal Republicans who saw him as an alternative to conservative frontrunner, Senator [[Barry Goldwater]], and other Republicans who feared that Goldwater's polarizing views would lead to defeat, after the campaign of Goldwater's liberal opponent, New York governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]], had lost steam. Early in the campaign, he announced that he would be willing to accept the nomination for Vice President. Scranton first declined to enter the race but later threw his hat into the ring on June 12, 1964. Scranton won the support of ten state delegations, but Goldwater went on to win the nomination on the first ballot.<ref name="auto2">Carocci, Vincent P. ''Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania'', Chapter 13: "William Warren Scranton II (1963–1967)," The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.
</ref> [[Republican National Committee]] Chairman and US Representative [[William E. Miller]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] was nominated for Vice President.<ref name="auto"/>

==Later career==
[[File:William Scranton (1976).png|140px|thumb|right|Scranton in 1976.]]
Under the then-existing Pennsylvania law, Scranton was limited to a single term and could not run for reelection in [[1966 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|1966]]. That same year, he announced that he would never again seek elected office. After his term in office, Scranton attended the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1967-1968 and helped write a new [[Pennsylvania Constitution|constitution]] for the state, which included a provision allowing future governors to seek a second term. Following the [[1968 United States presidential election]], President-elect [[Richard Nixon]] asked Scranton to become [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], but he declined.<ref name="auto"/> He did serve as a special envoy to the [[Middle East]] but when he said the Nixon Administration should be "more evenhanded" in managing the problems of the Middle East, some in the American [[Jew]]ish community regarded this as [[antisemitic]] and Nixon quickly distanced himself from the former governor. In accordance with his 1966 pledge never to seek elected office, he rebuffed a draft movement encouraging him to run for the [[U.S. Senate]].

After the [[Kent State shootings]] in 1970, Scranton was asked to chair the [[President's Commission on Campus Unrest]] to investigate this and other incidents of campus violence and [[Student Strike of 1970|protest]]. The committee's conclusions came to be known as the "[[Scranton Report]]".<ref name="auto"/>

Following Nixon's resignation from the Presidency in 1974, he was appointed as a transition team member for incoming President [[Gerald Ford]].<ref name="auto"/>
[[File:William Scranton swear-in.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Scranton swearing-in as US Rep to the UN]]

Scranton reentered the business world and served on the boards of several high-profile American corporations such as [[A&P]], [[IBM]], [[The New York Times]], [[Pan American Airways]], and the [[H.J. Heinz Company]] and was president of Northeastern National Bank and Trust Company. He was also associated with the [[Trilateral Commission]], the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], and was a trustee of Yale University, his [[alma mater]].<ref name="auto1">O'Malley III, Michael J. "The Gentleman from Pennsylvania: An Interview with William W. Scranton," in ''Pennsylvania Heritage'', Winter 2001, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.</ref>

=== Ambassador to the United Nations ===
In 1976, Scranton was chosen by President Ford to become [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]].<ref name="auto2"/> He was sworn-in in the Oval Office on March 15, 1976.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brennan |first=Sean |date=January 2023 |title=William Warren Scranton and the United Nations 1976-1977 |journal=Athens Journal of History |publisher=Athens Institute for Education and Research |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=58–59 |doi=10.30958/ajhis.9-1-2 |doi-access=free}}</ref> His measured approach to [[diplomacy]] and genuine interest in [[human rights]] earned him much respect in his short time in office. Some in the Republican Party pushed for Scranton to be named Ford's running mate for the 1976 presidential election, but Ford chose Senator [[Robert Dole]] of [[Kansas]] instead. After his term as UN Ambassador, Scranton retired to his home in [[Dalton, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="auto1"/>

Scranton's son, [[William Scranton III]], served as [[Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania]] under [[Richard Thornburgh]].<ref>Carocci, Vincent P. Capitol Journey: ''Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania'', Chapter 13: "William Warren Scranton II (1963–1967)," The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.
</ref> He ran unsuccessfully for governor in the 1986 election and was for a while considered a leading candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the 2006 election but ultimately dropped out of the race.

Scranton was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=William+Scranton&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-09|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

==Death & Legacy ==
[[File:William Scranton Historical Marker.jpg|thumb|A [[List of Pennsylvania state historical markers|Pennsylvania state historical marker]] commemorating Scranton]]
Nine days after his 96th birthday, Scranton died on July 28, 2013, from a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] at a retirement community in [[Montecito, California]], where he lived with his wife.<ref>{{cite web|title=FORMER PA. GOVERNOR, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DIES|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/scranton-gov-ambassador-candidate-dies|publisher=AP|access-date=30 July 2013|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130730090622/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/scranton%2Dgov%2Dambassador%2Dcandidate%2Ddies|archive-date=30 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>Krawczeniuk, Boris. "[https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/william-warren-scranton-the-reluctant-giant/article_1e0f606f-c17d-5e57-9626-55b588348522.html William Warren Scranton: The reluctant giant]." Scranton, Pennsylvania: ''The Times-Tribune'', July 29, 2013 (retrieved online, June 3, 2021; subscription required).</ref> His widow, Mary Scranton, the former First Lady of Pennsylvania, died from Alzheimer's disease on December 26, 2015, at the age of 97.<ref name=cvoice>{{cite news|first=Jon|last=O'Connell|title=Former Pennsylvania first lady Mary L. Scranton, 97, dies |url=http://citizensvoice.com/news/former-pennsylvania-first-lady-mary-l-scranton-97-dies-1.1988193 |work=[[The Citizens' Voice]] |date=2015-12-28 |access-date=2015-12-30}}</ref>

"Many who serve as governor today are still measured against Bill Scranton's leadership - some 50 years later," said former state Republican National Committeewoman [[Elsie Hillman]] when she learned of Scranton's death.<ref>McNulty, Timothy. "[https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2013/07/29/Former-Pennsylvania-governor-William-Scranton-Jr-dies/stories/201307290203 Former Pennsylvania governor William Scranton Jr. dies]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', July 30, 2013 (retrieved online, June 3, 2021).</ref>

==In popular culture==
In [[Jeff Greenfield]]'s alternate history book ''If Kennedy Lived'', Scranton is featured as Senator [[Barry Goldwater]]'s running mate in the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 presidential election]], instead of [[William E. Miller]].

==See also==
*[[Scranton family]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220053/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_40957_0_0_43/http;/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_environment/phmc/communities/extranet/history/pahistory/people/williamwarrenscrantonucontent/governor_william_warren_scranton.html?qid=41827723&rank=1 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Biography]
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