Herbert E. Harris II

A 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 the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress. Resumed the practice of law with firm of Harris &. Berg in Washington, D. C. Died on December 24, 2014, in Mount Vernon, Va. Interment at Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Va.