Harris Wofford

Harris Llewellyn Wofford, Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. 

 Career 
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.

 Personal life 
In 1948, Wofford married Clare Lindgren and they later had three children. She died in 1996. In 2016, Wofford announced that he would marry Matthew Charlton, his companion of many years.

Wofford died on January 21, 2019 at a hospital in Washington, D.C. from complications of a fall at the age of 92.Harris Wofford, civil rights activist who helped Kennedy win the White House, dies at 92

References

Other websites
Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award
Peace Corps biography of Harris Wofford 
Trailer for upcoming documentary on Harris Wofford

Category:1926 births
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Category:United States senators from Pennsylvania
Category:Politicians from New York City
Category:American LGBT rights activists
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Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians