Harris, Herbert E., 1926-
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American public opinion pollster.
U.S. Representative from Virginia's 8th Congressional District.
Herbert E. Harris II was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 14, 1926. He did his undergraduate work at Missouri Valley College, Rockhurst College, and the University of Notre Dame, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degrees. Harris earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law School but his education was interrupted in 1942 when he served as an U. S. naval officer during World War II. He settled in Fairfax County in 1956 and became involved in civic affairs; in 1967 he made his first campaign for public office and was elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
He was involved in concerns beyond northern Virginia; as an attorney specializing in international trade he helped draft America's first Food for Peace law in 1955. Seven years later, he drafted parts of President John F. Kennedy's Trade Expansion Act of 1962. In 1974 Harris was elected to Congress from Virginia's Eighth District as the state's first Catholic congressman. Harris served on the House Post Office and Civil Service committees and the House's District of Columbia committee. He chaired the House Subcommittees on the Bicentennial, Environment, and International Community during his first term. Harris was also an active member of the Environmental Study Conference and a founders of the Caucus of New Democratic House Members.
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