Stanford Parris

Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War

airline pilot, before starting law school. He was admitted to the bar in 1958, and set up a private law practice in Alexandria, Virginia. Parris was president of a Chrysler dealership in Woodbridge, Virginia and the Flying Circus Aerodrome, an air show

Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth in the late 1970s.^[6]

District of Columbia, and resulted in frequent quarreling with the mayor, Marion Barry

State Senator Dick Saslaw with somewhat less difficulty in 1984, and easily defeated underfunded Democrats in 1986 and 1988. However, in 1990, he lost to Alexandria mayor Jim Moran by seven points in what is still considered an upset. During the campaign, Parris, referring to the issue of the Gulf War, said, "The only three people I know who support Saddam Hussein's position are Moammar Gadhafi, Yasser Arafat, and Jim Moran." Moran angrily responded by saying that Parris was "a deceitful, fatuous jerk", and that he wanted "to break his nose".^[10][11] Moran's well-financed campaign also focused on Parris' opposition to abortion. Moran upset Parris, winning by 7.1 percent.^[12][13]

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation in 1991, weeks after he left Congress. He resigned four years later to run for a seat in the Virginia Senate.^[14] His primary residence after leaving Congress was in Melbourne, Florida; but he also owned property in Mathews County, Virginia.^[5]

heart disease on March 27, 2010, at his home in Mathews County in eastern Virginia. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.^[5]

Fairfax County, and that "He used his time on this Earth to help others, and to effectively advance the ideas and principles in which he believed."^[15]