15 Facts About Stanford Parris

Stanford Elmer Parris was an American lawyer and Republican politician.

Stanford Parris represented Virginia's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for six two year terms.

Stanford Parris served in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Virginia House of Delegates, and as Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Stanford Parris served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, earning several medals.

Stanford Parris was a US Air Force F-84 Thunderjet jet fighter aircraft pilot in the Korean War, and was shot down once and rescued.

Stanford Parris was admitted to the bar in 1958, and set up a private law practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

Stanford Parris was president of a Chrysler dealership in Woodbridge, Virginia and the Flying Circus Aerodrome, an air show.

Stanford Parris was elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and served one term.

Stanford Parris sought his party's nomination for the 1985 election of Governor of Virginia, but withdrew in May In 1989, Parris again ran for Governor of Virginia.

Stanford Parris lost in the Republican primary to former Attorney General Marshall Coleman and former United States Senator Paul S Trible.

Stanford Parris served a term as Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth in the late 1970s.

Stanford Parris was known for introducing a bill during his first term which prohibited the National Football League from imposing television blackouts of non-sold-out games.

Stanford Parris defeated Harris by 1,600 votes, spending $700,000 in Virginia's most expensive congressional campaign up to that point.

Stanford Parris resigned four years later to run for a seat in the Virginia Senate.

Stanford Parris died from heart disease on March 27,2010, at his home in Mathews County in eastern Virginia.