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rdfs:label	W. Averell Harriman
rdfs:comment	William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986) was an American Democratic politician, banker, and diplomat. He was the son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman. He served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry Truman and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952, and again in 1956 when he was endorsed by President Truman but lost to Adlai Stevenson II both times.
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Appearance	Fallout
Spouse	Kitty Lawrence , Marie Whitney , Pamela Hayward
Name	W. Averell Harriman
Title	Governor of New York U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Cause of Death	Natural causes Killed in collapsing building
Before	Thomas Dewey Henry Wallace John G. Winant William H. Standley
Religion	Episcopalian
Years	1943 1946 1955 --04-30
After	Nelson Rockefeller Charles Sawyer Lewis W. Douglas Walter Bedell Smith
Affiliations	Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Republican Party , Democratic Party
Children	Mary, Kathleen
Occupation	Diplomat, politician, banker
Death	1952 1986
Parents	Edward Harriman, Mary Averell
Birth	1891
Nationality	United States
abstract	William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986) was an American Democratic politician, banker, and diplomat. He was the son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman. He served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry Truman and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952, and again in 1956 when he was endorsed by President Truman but lost to Adlai Stevenson II both times. Harriman served President Franklin D. Roosevelt as special envoy to Europe and served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and U.S. Ambassador to Britain. He served in numerous U.S. diplomatic assignments in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson Administrations. He was a core member of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men".
is After of	Thomas Dewey Henry Wallace