William E. Duffield

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Other people|William Duffield|William Duffield (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name =William E. Duffield

| state_senate =Pennsylvania

| district =32nd

| term_start =1971

| term_end =1978

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| predecessor =Thomas J. Kalman

| successor =J. William Lincoln

| birth_date = January 7, 1922

| birth_place =Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|1|14|1922|1|7}}

| death_place = Uniontown, Pennsylvania

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| alma_mater = West Virginia University (BA)
Harvard Law School (JD)https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-william-ewing-du/31384520/

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| children =Nancy Duffield Vernon

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William Ewing Duffield (January 7, 1922 – January 14, 2001){{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html|title = The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Dudly to Duffty}} was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1971 to 1978.{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Senate Members D | publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/SD.html}}

Duffield placed two ghost employees on the payroll and mailed them paychecks. He was sentenced to six months in prison for 11 counts of mail fraud in 1981.[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19810129&id=C4JbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ElENAAAAIBAJ&pg=3727,1915882 "Gettysburg Times, January 29, 1981, "Ex-Senator Enters Fed prison"]https://archive.triblive.com | January 15, 2001 | Pa. senator experienced success, failure | Robin Acton | [https://archive.triblive.com/news/pa-senator-experienced-success-failure/]{{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/1980-1989.html|title = The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Trouble: 1980 to 1989}}