William Graham Sesler | |
State Senate: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 49th |
Term Start: | January 1, 1961 |
Term End: | November 30, 1972 |
Constituency: | Part of Erie County |
Predecessor: | C. Arthur Blass |
Successor: | Quentin Orlando |
Birth Date: | April 18, 1928 |
Birth Place: | Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US |
Death Place: | Erie, Pennsylvania, US |
Party: | Democrat |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan |
Occupation: | Attorney |
Spouse: | Cecily P. Sesler |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Erie, Pennsylvania |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Air Force |
Serviceyears: | Korean War |
Rank: | First Lieutenant |
William Graham Sesler (April 18, 1928 – May 22, 2017) was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1961 to 1972.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1970 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania against Hugh Scott.[2] [3]
Born in 1928 to Frederick A. Sesler and Pauline Dixson, Sesler was the youngest of three boys, an older brother, Frederick D. Sesler, and a twin, Thomas R. Sesler. He went to Academy High School.
He attended Kenyon College and joined the United States Air Force during the Korean War.[4] He became a first lieutenant. After serving in the Air Force, he went to University of Michigan Law School.[5]
William worked as an attorney with the firm Sesler & Sesler. He died on May 22, 2017.[6]