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William Fisher Packer (April 2, 1807September 27, 1870) was the 14th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861. ==Early and personal life== His father was James Packer from Chester County, Pennsylvania and his mother was Charity Packer. His ancestry was primarily Quakers from Philadelphia. He was descended from Philip Packer, II (1664 - 1739), who was born in Groombridge, Kent, England and settled in West Jersey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Philip Packer, II )〕 When William was seven years old, his father died, leaving him and his four siblings to help run the house.〔 At the age of 13, he began work as a printer's apprentice at the Sunbury Public Inquirer and later at the Bellefonte Patriot. He also worked as a journeyman at Simon Cameron's newspaper the Pennsylvania Intelligencer in Harrisburg. Packer studied law in Williamsport, Pennsylvania under future member of Congress Joseph Biles Anthony but did not practice, choosing instead to stay in the newspaper business.〔 In 1829,〔 he purchased a controlling share and became the editor of the ''Lycoming Gazette'' which he published until 1836. While working at the Lycoming Gazette, he began an early foray into politics as a major supporter of the construction of the West Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal. The state legislators in Philadelphia had opposed funding the construction and Packer penned an address to Philadelphia to raise public support for the project. The campaign worked and the Philadelphia delegation reversed their position to support the canal.〔 Packer married Mary W. Vanderbilt on December 24, 1829. The couple had ten children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William F. Packer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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