Person:Thomas Scanlon (1)

From politicalgraveyard.com

Thomas Edward Scanlon (1896-1955) — also known as Thomas E. Scanlon — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 18, 1896. Son of Edward Andrew Scanlon and Elizabeth (Berkins) Scanlon; married, January 20, 1920, to Eva Marie Matters. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; officer, Local 9, Printing Pressman's Union; delegate to Pittsburgh Central Labor Union; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45 (30th District 1941-43, 16th District 1943-45); defeated, 1944; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944. Catholic. Member, American Legion. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., August 9, 1955. Interment at North Side Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.

From Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

SCANLON, Thomas Edward, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 18, 1896; attended the public schools, Forbes School, and Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.; learned the pressman’s trade and was employed on Pittsburgh newspapers 1914-1936; during the First World War served as a private, first class, in the United States Army from September 6, 1918, to May 14, 1919; delegate to the Pittsburgh Central Labor Union 1920-1940; member of the Allegheny County Board for the Assessment and Revision of Taxes 1936-1941; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; member of the Boards of Viewers of Allegheny County, Pa.; died in Pittsburgh, Pa., August 9, 1955; interment in North Side Catholic Cemetery

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Thomas E. Scanlon.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Political Graveyard.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   1900, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, ed 120, p 14B.
3. ↑ United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1984; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 387.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Pittsburgh Post Gazette
   August 11, 1955, p 20.
5. ↑ United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988).
6. ↑ Pittsburgh Press
   June 16, 1980, p B-6.

   Obituary for Eva Matters Scanlon.

7.   Thomas E. Scanlon, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.