Thomas Edward Scanlon (September 18, 1896 – August 9, 1955) was an American World War I veteran who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving one term in office from 1943 to 1945.
During the First World War, he served as a private, first class, in the United States Army from September 6, 1918, to May 14, 1919.
He was a delegate to the Pittsburgh Central Labor Union from 1920 to 1940, and a member of the Allegheny County Board for the Assessment and Revision of Taxes from 1936 to 1941.
After serving in congress, he was a member of the Boards of Viewers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
He died in Pittsburgh, PA, and is interred in North Side Catholic Cemetery.