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Harris, Herbert E., 1926-2014

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Personal name headingHarris, Herbert E., 1926-2014
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Variant(s)Harris, Herb (Herbert), 1926-2014
LocatedWashington, D.C.
Birth date19260414
Death date20141224
Place of birthKansas City, Mo.
Place of deathAlexandria, Va.
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationLawyers Legislators
Found inHerbert E. Harris papers, 1974-1981 (Herbert E. Harris, II, Herb Harris)
Biographical dictionary of the United States Congress, 1774-1989 (Harris, Herbert Eugene, II; United States Congressman from Virginia, 1975-1981, representing the Eighth Congressional District)
Washington Post, Jan. 2, 2015: p. B4 (Herbert E. Harris, II; former U.S. congressman; d. Dec. 24, 2014 at age 88 in Alexandria, Va.
OCLC, 5/30/97 (hdg: Harris, Herbert E., II, 1926-)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed Sept. 28, 2015 (Harris, Herbert Eugene, II, Representative from Virginia; born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., April 14, 1926; attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, Kansas City, 1930-1939; graduated from Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, 1943; attended Missouri Valley College, Marshall, 1944-1945, and University of Notre Dame, 1945-1946; B.A., Rockhurst College, 1948; J.D., Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., 1951; admitted to the Missouri and District of Columbia bars in 1951 and commenced practice in Kansas City; moved to Washington, D.C., area in 1951; cofounder, vice president, and general counsel of international trade consultants firm of Warner & Harris, Inc.; served on Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors, 1968-1974; member, Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, 1968-1974; vice chairman, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1970-1974; elected as a Democrat to 94th, 95th, 96th Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to 97th Congress; resumed the practice of law with firm of Harris & Berg in Washington, D.C.; d. December 24, 2014, in Mount Vernon, Va.)