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    Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented...
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  • comedian and actor Harris Wofford (1926–2019), American attorney and politician Harris (rapper) (born 1976), German rapper Harris (Porridge), a character...
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    reputation as a combative campaigner. In 1991, Carville consulted for Harris Wofford in his run for the open U.S. Senate seat left vacant when Senator John...
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    Pennsylvania was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harris Wofford, who was appointed to the position in 1991 and won a special election...
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    John Heinz died in a plane crash on April 4 of that year. Democrat Harris Wofford was appointed to the seat by Governor Bob Casey, and won the general...
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  • Committee. In 1991, Feldman took leave from the Senate to work on Sen. Harris Wofford’s special election campaign. Feldman joined Bill Clinton's campaign staff...
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  • is Harris Wofford, 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...
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  • Senator Wofford may refer to: Harris Wofford (1926–2019), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995 Thomas A. Wofford (1908–1978), U.S. Senator...
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  • Wofford may refer to: Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, 1931–2019), American writer Dan Wofford, American politician Harris Wofford (1926–2019)...
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    seats and won 8 from the Democrats by defeating the incumbent Senators Harris Wofford (Pennsylvania) and Jim Sasser (Tennessee), in addition to picking 6...
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  • US House District to Jim Gerlach in 2002. Wofford is the son of the late United States Senator Harris Wofford (D-PA). He worked in the Pennsylvania governor's...
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    Cuomo, Indiana Representative Lee H. Hamilton, Pennsylvania Senator Harris Wofford, Florida Senator Bob Graham, and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. The...
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    political victories including the 1991 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate victory of Harris Wofford, the 1988 re-election campaign of incumbent New Jersey U.S. Senator...
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    senator Bill Bradley, Florida senator Bob Graham and Pennsylvania senator Harris Wofford. On July 9, 1992, Clinton selected Gore as his running mate in the Arkansas...
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    August 13, 1981 – June 28, 1986 Preceded by Alex Debreczeni Succeeded by Harris Wofford United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights...
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    the 1994 Republican takeover, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Harris Wofford, 49% to 47%. The theme of Santorum's 1994 campaign signs was "Join the...
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    by the white activists Harris Wofford and Glenn Smiley. Rustin and Smiley came from the Christian pacifist tradition, and Wofford and Rustin both studied...
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    seats and won eight from the Democrats, defeating incumbent Senators Harris Wofford (Pennsylvania) and Jim Sasser (Tennessee), in addition to picking up...
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    January 3, 1977 – April 4, 1991 Preceded by Hugh Scott Succeeded by Harris Wofford Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th...
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  • especially in the United States. Inspired by Clarence Streit's Union Now, Harris Wofford Jr. founded the Student Federalists in 1942. The organization's success...
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    state Secretary of Labor and Industry, and former Kennedy functionary Harris Wofford (despite private fears that he was too liberal for rural Pennsylvania...
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    Kennedy; others included Fred Dutton, Ralph Dungan, Kenneth O'Donnell, and Harris Wofford, all of whom were under 37 years old. In 1961, after Kennedy became...
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    system. A member of Kennedy's civil rights team and King's friend, Harris Wofford, and other Kennedy campaign members passed out a pamphlet to black churchgoers...
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    bipartisan summit focused on volunteerism with former U.S. Senator Harris Wofford, who had recently become CEO of the Corporation for National and Community...
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  • in 1988. Died. 35 101st 102nd Vacant Apr 4, 1991 – May 9, 1991   29 Harris Wofford Democratic May 9, 1991 – Jan 3, 1995 Appointed to continue Heinz's term...
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    2010 John C. Whitehead 1989 Charles Z. Wick 1989 Marion Wiesel 2001 Harris Wofford 2012 Robert L. Woodson, Sr. 2008 Patrisha Wright 2001 Joseph R. Wright...
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    latter role, Ricchetti oversaw the upset victory of Democratic candidate Harris Wofford in the 1991 special election for Senate in Pennsylvania. From January...
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    Johnson, but opponents to the choice within Kennedy's circle, led by Harris Wofford, killed his chances. Dean Rusk was chosen instead. In April 1961, Fulbright...
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    Congress of Black Women in 2018 The Philadelphia Award in 2021 The Harris Wofford Active Citizenship Award in 2021 for her work fighting COVID-19 The...
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  • Marion Edwards Park 1942–1970 Katharine Elizabeth McBride 1970–1978 Harris Wofford 1978–1997 Mary Patterson McPherson 1997–2008 Nancy J. Vickers 2008–2013...
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