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Preceded by
  
Role
  
Politician

Political party
  
Parents
  
Harley Orrin Staggers


Profession
  
Lawyer

Party
  
Democratic Party

Name
  
Harley Staggers,

Succeeded by
  
Harley O. Staggers, Jr. httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Full Name
  
Harley Orrin Staggers, Jr.

Born
  
February 22, 1951 (age 73) Washington, D.C. (
1951-02-22
)

Relations
  
Harley Orrin Staggers, Sr. (father)Margaret Anne Staggers (sister)

Alma mater
  
Harvard University (B.A.)West Virginia University College of Law (J.D.)

Residence
  
Keyser, West Virginia, United States

Harley Orrin "Buckey" Staggers Jr. (born February 22, 1951) is a Democratic U.S. politician. He graduated from Harvard University and the West Virginia University College of Law, served as an assistant West Virginia Attorney General, served one term in the West Virginia Senate, and served five terms in the United States House of Representatives.

Life and career

Staggers was born in Washington, D.C. His father, Harley Staggers Sr., was a Democratic Congressman from West Virginia from 1949 until 1981, when he declined to run for a seventeenth term.

After Staggers (Senior)'s Republican successor, Cleve Benedict, gave up his seat after one term to run against Senator Robert Byrd, Harley Staggers Jr. ran for the seat and won. He was reelected four more times.

Harley Staggers Jr. lost his seat after West Virginia lost one congressional seat following the 1990 Census. Most of his former 2nd District's territory was merged with the Charleston-based 3rd District of fellow Democrat Bob Wise to form a new 2nd District. However, his home in Mineral County was drawn into the 1st District, represented by fellow Democrat Alan Mollohan. Staggers opted to challenge Mollohan in the Democratic primary, and was soundly defeated.

Staggers currently practices law in Keyser, West Virginia with his brother, Daniel C. Staggers.

References

Harley O. Staggers Jr. Wikipedia


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