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{{short description|American politician}}
{{other people}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Herbert E. Harris
| image name =Herbert Harris.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|04|14}}
| birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|24|1926|4|14}}
| death_place = [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Quantico National Cemetery]]
| state = [[Virginia]]
| district = [[Virginia's 8th congressional district|8th]]
| term_start = January 3, 1975
| term_end = January 3, 1981
| preceded = Stanford Parris
| succeeded = [[Stanford Parris]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]]<br> [[Fairfax County Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]] from the Mount Vernon District
| term_start2 = 1968
| term_end2 = 1974
| preceded2 = Frank F. Everest, Jr.
| succeeded2 = Warren I. Cikins
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse = Nancy and Rae Allen
| children =
| residence= [[Mount Vernon, Virginia]]
| alma_mater= [[Rockhurst University|Rockhurst College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br> [[Georgetown University Law School]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
| footnotes=
}}
'''Herbert Eugene Harris II''' (April 14, 1926 – December 24, 2014) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Virginia]]. He served three consecutive terms from 1975 to 1981.
His district included part of [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]].
==Early life==
Born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], Harris attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, Kansas City from 1930 to 1939.
He graduated from [[Rockhurst High School]], Kansas City, 1943.
He attended [[Missouri Valley College]], [[Marshall, Missouri|Marshall]], from 1944 to 1945, and [[University of Notre Dame]] from 1945 to 1946.
He earned a B.A. from [[Rockhurst University|Rockhurst College]] in 1948 and a J.D. from [[Georgetown University Law Center|Georgetown University Law School]], [[Washington, D.C.]], 1951.
He was admitted to the Missouri and District of Columbia bars in 1951 and commenced practice in Kansas City.
He moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1951.
He is the cofounder, vice president, and general counsel of the international trade consultants firm of Warner & Harris, Inc.
He served on the [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1974.
He served as member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority from 1968 to 1974.
He served as vice-chairman of the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]] from 1970 to 1974.
==Congress==
Harris was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the 94th Congress in 1974, defeating incumbent Rep. [[Stanford E. Parris]]. He was re-elected to the 95th and 96th Congresses, serving January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1981, overall. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the 97th Congress, defeated by Stanford E. Parris, who regained his former congressional seat. In 1982, Harris attempted a comeback, but lost 48.6%-49.7%.  Harris offered sympathy when [[Stanford E. Parris]] died in 2010.
==Electoral history==
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|+ {{ushr|Virginia|8|}}: Results 1974&ndash;1980<ref name="clerkresults">{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |accessdate=2010-12-23 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070725184700/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archivedate=2007-07-25 }}</ref>
! Year
!
! Democrat
! Votes
! Pct
!
! Republican
! Votes
! Pct
!
! 3rd Party
! Party
! Votes
! Pct
!
|-
|[[U.S. House election, 1974|1974]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Herbert Harris'''
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |53,074
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |58%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Stanford Parris]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |38,997
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |42%
|
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|
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|-
|[[U.S. House election, 1976|1976]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Herbert Harris'''
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |83,245
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |52%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |James Tate
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |68,729
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |43%
|
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Michael Cannon
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |9,292
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |6%
|-
|[[U.S. House election, 1978|1978]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Herbert Harris'''
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |56,137
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |50%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jack Herrity
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |52,396
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |47%
|
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Charles Coe
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2,632<!--The House website has Coe and Herrity switched by mistake, but other sources confirm this result.-->
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |2%
|-
|[[U.S. House election, 1980|1980]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Herbert Harris
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |94,530
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |48%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Stanford Parris]]'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |95,624
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |49%
|
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Deborah Frantz
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |5,729
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |3%
|-
|[[United States House election, 1982|1982]]
||
|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Herbert Harris
|{{party shading/Democratic}} |68,071
|{{party shading/Democratic}} |48%
|
|{{party shading/Republican}} |'''Stanford Parris'''
|{{party shading/Republican}} |69,620
|{{party shading/Republican}} |50%
|
|{{party shading/Independent}} |Austin W. Morrill
|{{party shading/Independent}} |[[Independent (politics)|Independent]]
|{{party shading/Independent}} |2,373
|{{party shading/Independent}} |2%
|-
|}
==Personal life==
He resumed the practice of law with firm of Harris & Berg in [[Washington, D.C.]] He was a resident of [[Mount Vernon, Virginia]].
Harris died on December 24, 2014, at his house in [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], aged 88.
While in Congress, he was a key proponent for establishing the [[Quantico National Cemetery]].<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |last1=Weiner |first1=Rachel |title=Herbert E. Harris II, former congressman from Northern Virginia, dies at 88 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/herbert-e-harris-ii-former-congressman-from-northern-virginia-dies-at-88/2014/12/29/37a14856-8d1a-11e4-9e8d-0c687bc18da4_story.html |accessdate=30 October 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> He was interred there with his wife, Nancy ''Fodell'' Harris. Mr. Allen was also married to Rae Allen, famous Broadway and television actress.
==References==
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==External links==
{{CongBio|H000241}}
* {{find a Grave|140666246}}
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| before=[[Stanford E. Parris]]
| years=1975–1981
| after=[[Stanford E. Parris]]
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