Harris Wofford

Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. was an American attorney, civil rights activist, 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 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".

9 April 1926

Born on the same birth date (9 April 1926): Gerry Fitt • Hugh Hefner

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Austin Peck • Charles Proteus Steinmetz • Charles Winckler • Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine • Jean-Marie Balestre • Joshua Ledet • Nigel Slater

Born in the same month (April 1926): Alan Reynolds (artist) • Anne McCaffrey • Charlotte Rae • Gerry Fitt • Gerry McNeil • Gloria Jean • Gus Grissom • J. P. Donleavy • James Bama • James Stirling (architect) • Jane Withers • Jurriaan Schrofer • Liz Renay • Randy Weston • Sergio Franchi • Thorbjörn Fälldin • Tim LaHaye