William Henry Stanton (congressman)
William Henry Stanton (July 28, 1843–March 28, 1900) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a state court judge.
Early life
William H. Stanton was born in New York City on July 28, 1843. He was raised in Carbondale and Archbald, Pennsylvania.[1]
Start of career
Stanton attended school in Archbald and Saint John's College, near Montrose, Pennsylvania.[2] He taught school[3] while studying law, was admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice in in Scranton.[4] He was Editor of the Scranton Daily Times (now the Times-Tribune),[5] and he served as Prosecuting Attorney of the Scranton Mayor’s Court from 1872 to 1874.[6] He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1875 and 1876.[7]
Later career
Stanton was elected as a Democrat to the 44th United States Congress, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Winthrop W. Ketcham.[8] He served from December 4, 1876 to March 3, 1877, and was not a candidate in 1876 for election to a full two-year term in the 45th Congress.[9]
He was elected Judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in 1877, serving until moving to the court of the newly created Lackawanna County in October, 1878.[10]
Stanton resigned his judgeship in 1879, after fellow Democrats began impeachment proceedings in retaliation for an unfavorable ruling.[11][12]
Later life
After leaving the bench, Stanton became a leader of the reform Greenback and Labor movements.[13][14] He left Scranton in 1883, living first in Arkansas, and later in Kansas City, Missouri.[15] He later returned to Scranton, where he practiced law until his death.[16]
Death and burial
Stanton died in Scranton on March 28, 1900.[17] He was buried in Scranton's West Side Catholic Cemetery.
References
- ↑ Somerset Publishers, Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1 (A-K), 1999, page 523
- ↑ James Albert Clark, The Wyoming Valley, 1875, page 212
- ↑ Citizen Press, Old Time Archbald, 1915, page 16
- ↑ David Craft, History of Scranton, Penn., 1891, page 561
- ↑ Frederick Lyman Hitchcock, History of Scranton and Its People, Volume 1, 1914, page 529
- ↑ George Hallenbrooke Morgan, The Legislative Sketch Book, 1876, page 145
- ↑ H.C. Cooper, Jr., Bro. & Co., Publishers, The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania, 1903, page 193
- ↑ State of Pennsylvania, Papers of the Governors: 1871-1883, 1902, pages 514-515
- ↑ United States Congress, A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1913, page 278
- ↑ Henry C. Bradsby, History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, 1893, Pages 232-233
- ↑ Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1919, page 174
- ↑ George D. Wolf, William Warren Scranton: Pennsylvania Statesman, 1981, page 11
- ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Almanac, 1901, page 616
- ↑ New York Times, Pennsylvania Democrats: Disssensions in Their Ranks, September 6, 1880
- ↑ New York Times, A Terrible Bereavement, July 2, 1884
- ↑ Scranton Truth, Death of Ex-Judge Stanton, March 28, 1900
- ↑ New York Times, Death List of a Day: W.H. Stanton, March 29, 1900
Sources
- William Henry Stanton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Winthrop W. Ketcham |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1876–1877 |
Succeeded by Hendrick B. Wright |