Stanford E. Parris

Stanford E. Parris (born September 9 1929) is a politician who served as U.S. Representative from Virginia as a Republican.

Parris was born in Champaign, Illinois. He attended his hometown University of Illinois, earning an LL.B. in 1950. Plans to continue his education were interrupted when he signed up for the United States Air Force following the outbreak of the Korean War. Parris served as a pilot during four years of the war, earning numerous honors for valor in battle, including the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. Following his discharge from the military, Parris worked briefly as an airline pilot, but soon returned to school, earning a Juris Doctor from George Washington University, in Washington, DC. He set up a private law practice in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1958. Parris invested in other ventures, as well, purchasing a Chrysler dealership and becoming the manager of a traveling air show.

In 1964, Parris successfully earned his first political office, a seat on the Fairfax County Board of Commissioners, serving one four-year term. In 1969, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, and he entered Congress in 1973. However, Parris lost a reelection bid for a second term to Democrat Herb Harris in 1974, amid nationwide anti-incumbency sentiments. In 1980, Parris rode Ronald Reagan's coattails into his old seat, defeating Harris. Ten years later, he lost his 1990 re-election bid to the current holder of that seat, Democrat Jim Moran.

Several weeks after leaving Congress, Parris was appointed to a seven-year term as the Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. He resigned four years later to run for a seat in the Virginia Senate. [ [http://www.duluthport.com/joc/joc110398.html November 3, 1998 Principles and Politics The Journal of Commerce Davis Helberg Seaway Port Authority ] ]

He is currently a resident of Alexandria, Virginia.

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* [http://www.lobbysearch.com/cgi-bin/display_player.pl?id=20020320114454 Lobbyist Profile]