Jefferson Stafford | |
|---|---|
| Member of theVirginia House of Delegates from theGiles andPulaski Counties district | |
| In office 1972 – July 24, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Garnett Moore |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Stafford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1939-04-20)April 20, 1939 |
| Died | July 24, 1990(1990-07-24) (aged 51) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Barbara Stafford |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary(B.A.) University of Virginia(LL.B.) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Chester Jefferson "Jeff"Stafford (April 20, 1939 – July 24, 1990) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. Elected in 1971 as aRepublican member of theVirginia House of Delegates, he represented what had been Virginia's 12th district but was renumbered Virginia's 5th district after the 1972 census, which included parts ofCarroll,Giles,Montgomery, andPulaski counties; and the city ofRadford from 1972 until his death.[1]
Born inGiles County on April 20, 1939, Stafford was educated at theCollege of William and Mary and received a B.A. degree, and then he received a law degree from theUniversity of Virginia.
Stafford served 2 years in theU.S. Army infantry in Korea, then practiced law inPearisburg (the seat of Giles County) and surrounding areas in southwest Virginia. He was also active in theJaycees,Masons and Methodist Church.[2]
Redistricting after the 1970 census split the southwest Virginia districts represented by DemocratsArchibald A. Campbell ofWytheville, Virginia andGarnett Moore ofPulaski, 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 DemocratRick Boucher to representVirginia'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]
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