Scanlon, Mary Gay

Mary Gay Scanlon

Party: Democratic

Chamber: House of Representatives

State: Pennsylvania

District: 5

Biography

SCANLON, Mary Gay, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., August 30, 1959; graduated from Watertown High School, Watertown, N.Y., 1976; B.A., Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1980; J.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 1984; lawyer, private practice; judicial law clerk, superior court of Pennsylvania; member of the Wallingford-Swarthmore, Pa., school board, 2007-2015, president, 2009-2011; attorney, Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, 1992-2001; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and the One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Patrick Meehan, and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (November 6, 2018-present).