Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service
In office 1995–2001
Appointed by
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Eli J. Segal
Succeeded by
Leslie Lenkowsky
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office May 8, 1991 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by
John Heinz
Succeeded by
Rick Santorum
Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry
In office March 23, 1987 – May 8, 1991
Governor
Bob Casey Sr.
Preceded by
James Knepper
Succeeded by
Tom Foley
Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party
In office June 28, 1986 – December 6, 1986
Preceded by
Edward Mezvinsky
Succeeded by
Larry Yatch
5th President of Bryn Mawr College
In office 1970–1978
Preceded by
Katharine Elizabeth McBride
Succeeded by
Mary Patterson McPherson
President of the State University of New York at Old Westbury
In office 1966–1970
Preceded by
position established
Succeeded by
John D. Maguire
Personal details
Born
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr.
(1926-04-09)April 9, 1926 New York City, U.S.
Died
January 21, 2019(2019-01-21) (aged 92) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Clare Lindgren
(m. 1948; died 1996)
Matthew Charlton
(m. 2016)
Children
3
Education
University of Chicago (BA) Yale University (LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Unit
United States Army Air Forces
Battles/wars
World War II
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr.[1] (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995.[2] A noted advocate of national service and volunteering, Wofford was also the fifth president of Bryn Mawr College from 1970 to 1978, served as chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in 1986 and also as Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry in the cabinet of Governor Robert P. Casey from 1987 to 1991, and was a surrogate for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He introduced Obama in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center before Obama's speech on race in America, "A More Perfect Union".
^"THE 1991 ELECTION: The Winner Man in the News: Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr.; Backstage No Longer". The New York Times. November 7, 1991.
^"Ex-Sen. Harris Wofford, civil rights activist, dies at age 92". UPI. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented...
reputation as a combative campaigner. In 1991, Carville consulted for HarrisWofford in his run for the open U.S. Senate seat left vacant when Senator John...
Pennsylvania was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator HarrisWofford, who was appointed to the position in 1991 and won a special election...
John Heinz died in a plane crash on April 4 of that year. Democrat HarrisWofford was appointed to the seat by Governor Bob Casey, and won the general...
Wofford may refer to: Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, 1931–2019), American writer Dan Wofford, American politician HarrisWofford (1926–2019)...
Senator Wofford may refer to: HarrisWofford (1926–2019), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995 Thomas A. Wofford (1908–1978), U.S. Senator...
is HarrisWofford, who began his term in 1991. Both men were not out during their tenure: Koch's sexuality was confirmed after his death and Wofford announced...
US House District to Jim Gerlach in 2002. Wofford is the son of the late United States Senator HarrisWofford (D-PA). He worked in the Pennsylvania governor's...
and won eight from the Democrats by defeating the incumbent Senators HarrisWofford (Pennsylvania) and Jim Sasser (Tennessee), in addition to picking up...
January 3, 1977 – April 4, 1991 Preceded by Hugh Scott Succeeded by HarrisWofford Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th...
especially in the United States. Inspired by Clarence Streit's Union Now, HarrisWofford Jr. founded the Student Federalists in 1942. The organization's success...
the 1994 Republican takeover, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat HarrisWofford, 49%-47%. The theme of Santorum's 1994 campaign signs was "Join the...
senator Bill Bradley, Florida senator Bob Graham and Pennsylvania senator HarrisWofford. On July 9, 1992, Clinton selected Gore as his running mate in the Arkansas...
Cuomo, Indiana Representative Lee H. Hamilton, Pennsylvania Senator HarrisWofford, Florida Senator Bob Graham, and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. The...
political victories including the 1991 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate victory of HarrisWofford, the 1988 re-election campaign of incumbent New Jersey U.S. Senator...
system. A member of Kennedy's civil rights team and King's friend, HarrisWofford, and other Kennedy campaign members passed out a pamphlet to black churchgoers...
2010 John C. Whitehead 1989 Charles Z. Wick 1989 Marion Wiesel 2001 HarrisWofford 2012 Robert L. Woodson, Sr. 2008 Patrisha Wright 2001 Joseph R. Wright...
seats and won eight from the Democrats, defeating incumbent Senators HarrisWofford (Pennsylvania) and Jim Sasser (Tennessee), in addition to picking up...
August 13, 1981 – June 28, 1986 Preceded by Alex Debreczeni Succeeded by HarrisWofford United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights...
executive Bob Wilber (1945), jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, band leader HarrisWofford (1944), United States Senator from Pennsylvania George Zimmer (1966)...
Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1789 HarrisWofford, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon...
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (née Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor...
Marion Edwards Park 1942–1970 Katharine Elizabeth McBride 1970–1978 HarrisWofford 1978–1997 Mary Patterson McPherson 1997–2008 Nancy J. Vickers 2008–2013...
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