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==Background==

==Background==

Born in the capital city of  [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], Cramer moved with his parent, Walter B. Cramer (1893-1979) and Doreen E. Cramer (1899-1965),<ref name=findagrave/> to St. Petersburg, often called "St. Pete," when he was only three years of age.  After the census of 2000, St. Petersburg became the fourth largest city in the state. He attended public [[Segregation|segregated]] schools and graduated from St. Petersburg High School, at which he waged his first political campaigns by running for student government. He then attended St. Petersburg Junior College, the first public community college in Florida. Cramer grew up with a strong work ethic: as a teenager, he held a variety of jobs. Before entering the [[University of North Carolina]] at Chapel Hill to complete an undergraduate degree, he worked as a bellhop at a resort hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30150884?seq=1|author=Billy Hathorn|title=Cramer v. Kirk: The Florida Republican Schism of 1970|publisher=''The Florida Historical Quarterly'' Vol. LXVII, No. 4 (April 1990)|page=404.</ref>

Born in the capital city of  [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], Cramer moved with his parent, Walter B. Cramer (1893-1979) and Doreen E. Cramer (1899-1965),<ref name=findagrave/> to St. Petersburg, often called "St. Pete," when he was only three years of age.  After the census of 2000, St. Petersburg became the fourth largest city in the state. He attended public [[Segregation|segregated]] schools and graduated from St. Petersburg High School, at which he waged his first political campaigns by running for student government. He then attended St. Petersburg Junior College, the first public community college in Florida. Cramer grew up with a strong work ethic: as a teenager, he held a variety of jobs. Before entering the [[University of North Carolina]] at Chapel Hill to complete an undergraduate degree, he worked as a bellhop at a resort hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30150884?seq=1|author=Billy Hathorn|title=Cramer v. Kirk: The Florida Republican Schism of 1970|publisher=''The Florida Historical Quarterly'' Vol. LXVII, No. 4 (April 1990)|page=404}}</ref>

In 1943, Cramer enlisted in the [[United States Navy]]. With his degree, he was commissioned as a gunnery officer and fought to liberate France during [[World War II]]. After the war, he served in the  Navy Reserve until 1946. That same year, Cramer graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the [[University of North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. In 1948, he graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambrid

In 1943, Cramer enlisted in the [[United States Navy]]. With his degree, he was commissioned as a gunnery officer and fought to liberate France during [[World War II]]. After the war, he served in the  Navy Reserve until 1946. That same year, Cramer graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the [[University of North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. In 1948, he graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambrige]], [[Massachusetts]].

Cramer married the former Alice Jones (1930-2004) of Dothan, [[Alabama]], the daughter of Clifton V. and Myrtle G. Jones and a graduate of [[Auburn University]] and the International Institute of Interior Design in [[Washington, D.C.]] She was an interior designer licensed to practice in Florida, a watercolor artist, and a Republican women's activist. Before divorcing years later, the Cramers had three sons, William, Jr. (born 1952) (wife Carolyn Thomas Cramer).<ref>Alice Cramer Obituary, ''The Birmingham News,'' February 17, 2004, accessed March 15, 2021.</ref> In the early 1990s, Cramer married the former Sarah Ellen Bromelow, previously Sarah Hilber (born 1942).

Cramer married the former Alice Jones (1930-2004) of Dothan, [[Alabama]], the daughter of Clifton V. and Myrtle G. Jones and a graduate of [[Auburn University]] and the International Institute of Interior Design in [[Washington, D.C.]] She was an interior designer licensed to practice in Florida, a watercolor artist, and a Republican women's activist. Before divorcing years later, the Cramers had three sons, William, Jr. (born 1952) (wife Carolyn Thomas Cramer).<ref>Alice Cramer Obituary, ''The Birmingham News,'' February 17, 2004, accessed March 15, 2021.</ref> In the early 1990s, Cramer married the former Sarah Ellen Bromelow, previously Sarah Hilber (born 1942).