Politicians
- William Pickering (Australian politician), Western Australian state MP
- William Pickering (governor) (1798–1873), Republican governor of Washington territory, 1862–1866
- William A. Pickering (1840–1907), first Protector appointed by the British government to administer the Chinese Protectorate in colonial Singapore
- William Pickering (MP) for Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)
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“[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians.”
—William Frist (b. 1952)
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