George W. Scranton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge W. Scranton
American politician
Date of Birth: 11-May-1811
Place of Birth: Madison, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 24-Mar-1861
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About George W. Scranton
- George Whitfield Scranton (May 11, 1811 – March 24, 1861) was an industrialist and politician, a Republican member of the U.S.
- House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861.
- Moving to Pennsylvania in the late 1830s to establish an iron furnace, he and his brother Selden T.
- Scranton are considered among the founders of the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, named for their family.
- They and two partners established what became known as the Iron & Coal Company.
- They developed a method of producing T-rails for constructing railroad track, which previously had been imported from England.
- The innovation led to a boom in production of track and construction of railroads. Scranton became a major industrialist, also leading the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which depended on the iron industry. After his death, his cousin Joseph H.
- Scranton, an early investor who had moved to this city, became president and the cousin's son, William Walker Scranton, became general manager of the Iron & Coal Company.
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- Scranton managed the company during and after the Scranton General Strike of 1877, founding the Lackawanna Steel Company.
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