Being governor of New York is one of the most high-profile positions in American politics. There was a time when holding that job made one an instant potential candidate for president. Longtime Port ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The life of Pamela Harriman (above, with her third husband Averell Harriman and Jackie Kennedy Onassis in ...

For five of the most furious, fantastic days and nights in New York’s political history, Democratic leaders in Buffalo fought, shoved, shouted and wept—and came perilously close to kicking away their ...

Then-New York Gov. Averell Harriman, with former President Truman in 1956, when Harriman was seeking the Democratic nomination for president. Principal in the private Wall Street firm Brown Bros.

AS head of the U.S. negotiating team in Paris, Averell Harriman faces the most delicate and grueling test of his 34-year career in Government service. President Kennedy once remarked that the lean, ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: W. Averell Harriman was an Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Department of State with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance ...

ONE of the most informative articles we’ve ever read appeared in the Times the other day—a dope piece about Averell Harriman. We were amazed, reading it, at how much the Governor-elect and we ourself ...