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William Scranton

Personal data
Date of birthJuly 19, 1917(age 93)
Place of birthMadison, Connecticut
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary Lowe Chamberlain
ChildrenSusan Scranton
William Worthington Scranton
Joseph Curtis Scranton
Peter Kip Scranton
Alma materYale University
ProfessionAttorney, Politician
ReligionPresbyterian
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force
RankCaptain
13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office1976 - 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Succeeded byAndrew Young
Preceded byDaniel Patrick Moynihan
38th Governor of Pennsylvania
In officeJanuary 15, 1963 - January 17, 1967
LieutenantRaymond Shafer
Succeeded byRaymond Shafer
Preceded byDavid Lawrence
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th district
In officeJanuary 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963
Succeeded byJoseph McDade
Preceded byStanley Prokop

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William Warren Scranton (born July 19, 1917) is a former U.S. Republican Party politician. Scranton served as the 38th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967. From 1976 to 1977, he served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Teachers, students watching for bedbugs at West Scranton High - Scranton Times-Tribune Tweet this news
Scranton Times-Tribune--A teacher found an insect in a classroom on Friday, and a student found another insect in a different classroom Monday, Superintendent -William- King said. ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:17:01 GMT+00:00
Former judge pleads guilty to second corruption count - Scranton Times-Tribune Tweet this news
Scranton Times-Tribune---...- leaves the -William- J. Nealon Federal Courthouse in -Scranton- on Tuesday after pleading guilty to accepting rewards for influencing official actions. ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:13:06 GMT+00:00
2 classrooms shuttered over bedbug concerns in Pa. - Centre Daily Times Tweet this news
Centre Daily Times---Scranton- schools Superintendent -William- King says two unidentified insects were found inside West -Scranton- High School on Friday and Monday. ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:57:02 GMT+00:00
Scranton man receives eight to 20 years for trying to kill wife - Scranton Times-Tribune Tweet this news
Scranton Times-Tribune---William- Krause didn't shoot Marie Krause, but he did knock out her two front teeth on Feb. 5, 2009, the day he invited her to his home at 5 Gordon Place, ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:06:52 GMT+00:00
The 'Best' feeling - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Tweet this news
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader--“Forged” was filmed locally using sites in Noxen, Green Ridge, Lake -Scranton-, the Lackawanna County jail and the State Correctional Institution at Retreat. ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:11:44 GMT+00:00
Rose Ann Cooper - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Tweet this news
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader--Born in -Scranton-, she was a daughter of the late -William- Edwards and Enis Pascoline. Prior to her illness, she was a machine operator at local factories. ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:28:50 GMT+00:00
Dunmore man charged with sexually assaulting five more children - Scranton Times-Tribune Tweet this news
Scranton Times-Tribune---William- Springer and -Scranton- police Detective Jennifer Gerrity. He is accused of assaulting four girls, 9 to 12 years old, and a 7-year-old boy at homes in ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:06:20 GMT+00:00
WVIA Presents Mattiolis with 2010 Telly Award for biographical film, Dr ... - WVIA Tweet this news
WVIA--Previous documentaries presented the life stories of former Governor -William- Warren -Scranton-, United States Federal Judges Max Rosenn and -William- J. Nealon, ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:46:51 GMT+00:00
Betting ring figure gets probation - Scranton Times-Tribune Tweet this news
Scranton Times-Tribune---SCRANTON- - Mark G. Fino, a bar manager who helped operate an online betting ring out of a landmark Wilkes-Barre bar will not face jail time, a federal judge ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:10:11 GMT+00:00
Arbuco-Hasbrouck engagement - Warwick Advertiser Tweet this news
Warwick Advertiser--Kristen is a graduate of Warwick Valley High School and The University of -Scranton-. She is a registered nurse at The Valley Hospital. ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:45:35 GMT+00:00

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Stanley Prokop
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10 congressional district

1961 - 1963
Succeeded by
Joseph McDade
Political offices
Preceded by
David Lawrence
Governor of Pennsylvania
1963 - 1967
Succeeded by
Raymond Shafer
Preceded by
Alfred Driscoll
President of the National Municipal League
1970-1972
Succeeded by
William Wyatt
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1976 - 1977
Succeeded by
Andrew Young
Party political offices
Preceded by
Arthur McGonigle
Republican nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania
1962 (won)
Succeeded by
Raymond Shafer


United States Ambassadors to the United Nations

Edward Stettinius, Jr. * Warren Austin * Henry C. Lodge, Jr. * James J. Wadsworth * Adlai Stevenson * Arthur Goldberg * George Ball * James R. Wiggins * Charles W. Yost * George H. W. Bush * John A. Scali * Daniel P. Moynihan * William Scranton * Andrew Young * Donald McHenry * Jeane Kirkpatrick * Vernon A. Walters * Thomas R. Pickering * Edward J. Perkins * Madeleine Albright * Bill Richardson * Richard Holbrooke * John Negroponte * John Danforth * Zalmay Khalilzad * Susan Rice

United States presidential election, 1964

Democratic Party1964 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBrewster * Brown * Johnson * Kennedy * Randolph * Reynolds * Wallace * Welsh * Yorty
VP CandidatesDodd * Humphrey * Kennedy * McCarthy
Republican Party1964 Republican National Convention
CandidatesFong * Goldwater * Lodge * Nixon * Rhodes * Rockefeller * Scranton * Smith * Stassen
VP CandidatesMiller

Ford cabinet

Cabinet
Secretary of StateHenry Kissinger (1974 �1977)
Secretary of the TreasuryWilliam E. Simon (1974 �1977)
Secretary of DefenseJames R. Schlesinger (1974 �1975) * Donald Rumsfeld (1975 �1977)
Attorney GeneralWilliam Saxbe (1974 �1975) * Edward Levi (1975 �1977)
Secretary of the InteriorRogers Morton (1974 �1975) * Stanley K. Hathaway (1975) * Thomas S. Kleppe (1975 �1977)
Secretary of the AgricultureEarl Butz (1974 �1976) * John Albert Knebel (1976 �1977)
Secretary of CommerceFrederick B. Dent (1974 �1975) * Rogers Morton (1975) * Elliot Richardson (1975 �1977)
Secretary of LaborPeter J. Brennan (1974 �1975) * John Thomas Dunlop (1975 �1976) * William Usery, Jr. (1976 �1977)
Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCaspar Weinberger (1974 �1975) * F. David Mathews (1975 �1977)
Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentJames Thomas Lynn (1974 �1975) * Carla Anderson Hills (1975 �1977)
Secretary of TransportationClaude Brinegar (1974 �1975) * William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975 �1977)
Cabinet-level
Vice PresidentNone (1974), Nelson Rockefeller (1974 �1977)
Ambassador to the United NationsJohn A. Scali (1974 �1975) * Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1975 �1976) * William W. Scranton (1976 �1977)
Director of the Office of
Management and Budget
Roy Ash (1974 � � �1975) * James Thomas Lynn (1975 �1976)
Special Representative
for Trade Negotiations
Frederick B. Dent (1975 � � �1977)



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