William Henry Stanton (congressman)

William Henry Stanton (July 28, 1843–March 28, 1900) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

William H. Stanton was born in New York City. He moved with his parents to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, and subsequently to Archbald, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Archbald and Saint John’s College, near Montrose, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1868 and commenced practice in that city. He served as prosecuting attorney of the mayor’s court of Scranton from 1872 to 1874. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1875 and 1876.

Stanton was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Winthrop W. Ketchum. He was not a candidate for election to the Forty-fifth Congress. He was elected judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in 1877. He served with Judges Harding and Handley at the organization of the courts of the newly created county of Lackawanna in October 24, 1878. He resigned in 1879, resumed the practice of law in Scranton and died in 1900. Interment in West Side Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "William Henry Stanton (id: S000807)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard