William Madden Plante was an American journalist and correspondent for CBS News. He joined the network in 1964. Plante was noted for being the network's senior White House correspondent for over three decades.

The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson.