Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Stanford E. (Stan) Parris
Stanford Parris was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–101st Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3687 To authorize the Colonial Dames at Gunston Hall to establish a memorial to George Mason in the District of Columbia.Jul 31, 1990 · Laid on the table. See S. 1543 for further action.
- H.R. 5053 Korean War Veterans Memorial Thirty-Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Coin ActJul 2, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
- H.R. 4775 To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the limitation on the amount of separation pay that may be paid to an officer of the Armed Forces…May 16, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
- H.R. 4193 National Capital Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1990Mar 28, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
- H.J.Res. 504 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States.Mar 19, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4879 (100th) Management Interlocks Revision Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1454 (100th) A bill to amend Public Law 99-572 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to invest private funds contributed to the American Battle Monuments Commission…Became law
- H.J.Res. 208 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week of August 23 through August 29, 1987, as "National CPR Awareness Week".165 cosponsors
- H.R. 1475 (101st) International Financial Security Act of 198949 cosponsors
- H.R. 2538 (101st) To provide another opportunity for Federal employees to elect coverage under the Federal Empolyees' Retirement System; to provide that the recently enacted…36 cosponsors
- H.R. 3489 (101st) To amend the Controlled Substances Act to increase the minimum prison sentence for employment of underage persons in illegal drug transactions, and for other…34 cosponsors
- H.R. 4070 (100th) A bill to provide another opportunity for Federal employees to elect coverage under the Federal Employees' Retirement System; to provide that the recently…25 cosponsors
- H.R. 4894 (100th) A bill to establish a commission to be known as the National Thrift Institutions Commission.11 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Parris has won
Rep. Parris has won 5 U.S. House elections (1980–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.6 to 24.6 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 101st Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.