Biography

01/07/1922 - 01/14/2001

William Ewing Duffield (D32) Fayette and Westmoreland (Part) Counties 1971-1972 (D32) Fayette (Part) and Westmoreland (Part) Counties 1973-1978

Early Life:

William Ewing Duffield, born January 7, 1922, Cherry Tree, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; Harvard Law School; United States Army, World War II, 1943-1946; United States Army, Korean conflict, 1950-1952; lawyer; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1971-1978; solicitor, Fayette County; assistant district attorney, Fayette County; chairman, Fayette County Airport Authority; married, Eloise Wildman Duffield, daughter, Jane Duffield; died, January 14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7 days), liver cancer, strokes, Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County; interment, Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 32nd district, Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, 1971-1972, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 32nd district, Fayette (Part) and Westmoreland (Part) Counties 1973-1978. 

Solicitor, Fayette County; assistant district attorney, Fayette County.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members D". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) · Monday, January 15, 2001 · Page 16.

"The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Trouble: 1980 to 1989".

William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) - Find a Grave Memorial