William F. Packer

William F. Packer

Infobox Governor
name= William Fisher Packer


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order= 14th
office= Governor of Pennsylvania
term_start= January 19, 1858
term_end= January 15, 1861
lieutenant=
predecessor= James Pollock
successor= Andrew Gregg Curtin
birth_date= April 2, 1807
birth_place=
death_date= September 27, 1870
death_place=
party= Democrat
profession=
spouse=
religion =
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William Fisher Packer (2 April 1807 - 27 September 1870) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861. Packer began his career as a printer’s apprentice, eventually owning and editing his own newspaper, the "Lycoming Gazette". He helped found the "Harrisburg Gazette", a Democratic newspaper published in Harrisburg. He held a succession of public offices, including Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Packer defeated Republican candidate David Wilmot for governor in 1857. He left office just prior to the beginning of the American Civil War.

Packer has a residence hall named after him on the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University.


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