Harris Wofford
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United States Senator from Pennsylvania |
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In office May 8, 1991 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Appointed by | Robert P. Casey |
| Preceded by | John Heinz |
| Succeeded by | Rick Santorum |
| Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry | |
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In office March 23, 1987 – May 8, 1991 |
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| Governor | Robert P. Casey |
| Preceded by | James Knepper |
| Succeeded by | Tom Foley |
| Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party | |
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In office June 28, 1986 – December 6, 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Mezvinsky |
| Succeeded by | Larry Yatch |
| President of Bryn Mawr College | |
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In office 1970–1978 |
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| Preceded by | Katharine Elizabeth McBride |
| Succeeded by | Mary Patterson McPherson |
| Personal details | |
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Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. April 9, 1926 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Clare Lindgren (1948–1996) Matthew Charlton (2016–present) |
| Children | 3 |
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University of Chicago (BA) Howard University (JD) Yale University (LLB) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army• United States Army Air Forces |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (born April 9, 1926) is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. 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, 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.
Wofford was born in 1926 in New York City, the son of Estelle Allison (née Gardner) and Harris Llewellyn Wofford. He was born to a wealthy and prominent Southern family.
At age 11 he accompanied his widowed grandmother on a six-month world tour. They spent Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, visited Shanghai shortly after the Imperial Japanese Army captured it, spent time in India where Wofford became "fascinated" by Mahatma Gandhi and visited Rome, where they saw Benito Mussolini announce Italy's withdrawal from the League of Nations and a subsequent fascist parade. While attending Scarsdale High School, he was inspired by Clarence Streit's plea for a world government to found the Student Federalists. By the time he was 18, the organisation had grown so large that Newsweek predicted he would become President.
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