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Gov. William Fisher Packer of Pennsylvania

| November 22, 2011

William Fisher Packer was the 14th governor of Pennsylvania.  He was a Democrat and served a full three-year term from 19 January 1858 through 15 January 1861, leaving office in the midst of the national crisis.  He was succeeded by Andrew Curtin, a Republican, who served two terms which encompassed the Civil War. Packer’s historical […]