Jefferson Stafford
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Jeff Stafford | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Giles and Pulaski Counties district | |
| In office 1972 – July 24, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Garnett S. Moore |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Stafford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 20, 1939 ) |
| Occupation | Attorney
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Chester Jefferson Stafford (nickname "Jeff", April 20, 1939 – July 24, 1990) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. Elected in 1971 as a
Biography
Born in
Stafford served 2 years in the
Redistricting after the 1970 census split the southwest Virginia districts represented by Democrats Archibald A. Campbell of Wytheville, Virginia and Garnett S. Moore of Pulaski, Virginia. Campbell continued to represent Bland County, but now with the city of Galax, Virginia and Wythe and Grayson Counties as the 4th District. However, Giles County was now grouped with Pulaski county as the 5th District, and voters elected Republican Stafford, who defeated Moore (who had represented Pulaski since 1954) by a 54% to 45% margin.[3] Stafford won re-election nine times against various Democrats (and twice without opposition), although in subsequent reapportionments Craig County would be added in 1974, and then the city of Radford. The post-1980 reapportionment removed Craig County but added Bland County and parts of Tazewell County.[4]
Stafford challenged incumbent Democrat Rick Boucher to represent Virginia's 9th district in the U.S. Congress, but lost narrowly in 1984. [5]
His wife Barbara, a fellow Giles county native and homemaker as well as president of the Pearisburg Junior Women's club, succeeded to the seat for one term upon his death in office in 1990.[6]
References
- ^ "Historical Bio for C. Jefferson Stafford". Virginia House of Delegates. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ Clerk of the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of Virginia 1962-1981 (Richmond, 1983) p. 234
- ^ "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections".
- ^ http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/HSearch/?SearchView&Query=stafford+and+%5BFullName%5D+Contains+jefferson%20stafford+&SearchMax=&SearchOrder=4
- ^ Ray A. Garland, "Stafford Rode as a Steady Soldier" Daily Press (July 31, 1990) available at http://articles.dailypress.com/1990-07-31/news/9007310173_1_free-market-political-giant-challenge
- ^ http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/350aa192bd55a9cc85256b35005fd3d4?OpenDocument
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