Harley O. Staggers Jr.

Harley O. Staggers Jr.


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	Cleve Benedict
Succeeded by	Bob Wise
Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 16th^[1] district
In office 1980–1982
Personal details
Born	Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. (1951-02-22) February 22, 1951 Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic Party
Relations	Harley Orrin Staggers Sr. (father) Margaret Anne Staggers (sister)
Residence	Keyser, West Virginia
Alma mater	Harvard University (B.A.) West Virginia University College of Law (J.D.)
Profession	Lawyer

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.

External links

United States Congress. "Harley O. Staggers Jr. (id: S000779)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Notes

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Cleve Benedict	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district 1983–1993	Succeeded by Bob Wise

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia

1st district	Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley

2nd district	Brown, Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers, Sr. Benedict Staggers Jr. Wise Capito Mooney

3rd district	Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins

4th district	Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall

5th district	Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee

6th district	Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack

At-large	Sutherland

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