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    Joseph Augustine Scranton (July 26, 1838 – October 12, 1908) was a Republican politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives...
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    William Warren Scranton (July 19, 1917 – July 28, 2013) was an American Republican Party politician and diplomat. Scranton served as the 38th governor...
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  • Congressman, 1859–1861. Joseph A. Scranton (1838–1908), United States Congressman, 1881–1887, 1889–1891 and 1893–1897. William Walker Scranton (1844–1916), president...
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    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...
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  • Scranton is a city in Pennsylvania, United States. Scranton may also refer to: Lake Scranton, a reservoir next to Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton, Arkansas...
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  • University of Scranton is a private Jesuit university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1888 by William O'Hara, the first Bishop of Scranton, as St...
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    Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton...
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    president of the Scranton Gas and Water Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a city which was named after his grandfather, Joseph Hand Scranton (1813–1872)....
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    Pennsylvania. Scranton was platted in 1869, shortly after the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad was built through that territory. It was named for Joseph H....
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    half-brother Joseph A. Scranton. He attended Scranton High, moving to Phillips Andover to complete preparation for college. William Scranton graduated from...
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    As a metropolitan area, it is known as the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, after its principal cities, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. With a population...
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    considered to be gerrymandered by the Republican-controlled state legislature as a heavily Democratic district. It consisted of all of Greene County, and parts...
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    district had four seats elected on a general ticket. The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 10th each had two seats elected on a general ticket. The rest of the districts...
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    Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Expressway, commonly referred to as the President Biden Expressway, and formerly known as the Central Scranton Expressway, is a 0...
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    Marion Margery Warren Scranton (April 12, 1884 – June 23, 1960) was a 20th-century women’s suffrage activist and leading member of the Republican Party...
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    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (IATA: AVP, ICAO: KAVP, FAA LID: AVP) is mostly in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania, about 7 miles (11 km) from...
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    Joseph Finnegan from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Ambrose was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania in 1883, and attended Santa Clara University where he was a star...
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  • family, the Scranton Wilkes-Barre crime family, the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia, or the Scranton Mafia, was...
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    journalist, anti-New Deal columnist Jacques Pépin, celebrity chef Joseph A. Scranton (1838–1908), congressman Streeter Seidell, comedian, writer, actor...
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    Joe Biden (redirect from Joseph Biden)
    to be the Democratic nominee. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, at St. Mary's Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Catherine Eugenia...
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    The Diocese of Scranton (Latin: Dioecesis Scrantonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern...
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    first professional season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League (AHL). As a result of his training, which included working...
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    included Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and most of the Poconos. With a strong base in areas of industry and ethnic groups, it was once considered a very...
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    The University of Scranton, built on a 58-acre campus, is located in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The campus serves a community of 75,000 people...
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    Scranton Preparatory School is a co-educational Jesuit high school located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Scranton Prep opened its doors in...
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    Thomas S. Flood) Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton; Ranking Member: Marion Biggs) Expenditures in the Treasury Department...
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    1982 to 1993. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Ferrario was ordained to the priesthood on May 19, 1951, at the age of 25. Part of a religious order of educators...
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  • Lackawanna Steel Company (category Scranton, Pennsylvania)
    new name of Scrantons and Grant. New partners were brought in, including Joseph H. Scranton, a cousin from Georgia, Erastus C. Scranton, a cousin from...
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    caused by the death of George W. Scranton. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress and reelected as a Greenbacker to the Forty-sixth Congress...
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    seven-year-old Joseph Storelli's murder in 1928, he also confessed to two other murders. Kudzinowski murdered 20-year-old Harry Quinn in Scranton on March 8...
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