Rep. Stanford Parris

Former Representative for Virginia’s 8^th District

Parris was the representative for Virginia’s 8^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1981 to 1990.

He was previously the representative for Virginia’s 8^th congressional district as a Republican from 1973 to 1974.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Parris is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Parris sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Parris was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

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Does 6 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Parris sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (31%) Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Finance and Financial Sector (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Housing and Community Development (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (4%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Parris recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1973 to Oct 1990, Parris missed 347 of 5,529 roll call votes, which is 6.3%. This is on par with the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	27^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	17	8.9%	54^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	1	0.8%	11^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	10	5.5%	42^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	79	12	15.2%	76^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	14	8.2%	42^nd
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	15^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	25	17.7%	77^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	4	4.4%	38^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	2	1.9%	29^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	9	6.3%	48^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	5	10.4%	64^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	1	0.8%	10^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	16^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	9	9.1%	54^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	46^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	12	6.6%	50^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	12	9.2%	84^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	14	9.8%	74^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	3	1.3%	11^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	3	3.1%	38^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	6	16.7%	81^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	36^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	5	3.2%	35^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	15	10.1%	86^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	8	13.1%	73^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	50^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	17	8.4%	79^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	36^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	52^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	15	15.8%	92^nd
1987 Oct-Dec	167	9	5.4%	40^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	4	8.2%	66^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	12	7.5%	69^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	7	4.6%	49^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	2	2.2%	47^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	4	28.6%	97^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	25	23.8%	97^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	6	4.7%	69^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	4	3.3%	40^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	52^nd
1990 Apr-Jun	150	10	6.7%	75^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	3	1.6%	33^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	13	9.1%	78^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills