Paul Clinton Harris
{{Short description|American politician (born 1964)}}
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| state_delegate = Virginia
| district = 58th
| term_start = January 14, 1998
| term_end = January 9, 2002
| preceded = Peter T. Way
| succeeded = Rob Bell
| birth_name = Paul Clinton Harris
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age | 1964 | 3 | 31}}
| birth_place = Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
| party = Republican
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| alma_mater = Hampton University
{{nowrap|George Washington University}}
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|branch = United States Army
|serviceyears = 1986–1990
|rank = First lieutenant
|unit = Military Intelligence Corps
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Paul Clinton Harris (born March 31, 1964{{cite web|title=Historical Bio for Paul Clinton Harris|publisher=Virginia House of Delegates|url=http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/d1e467168dc2856e85256b14004db90b/71e42b89bc37cbcc85256b35005fb5e0?OpenDocument}}) is a former Delegate of Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Virginia House of Delegates.{{cite web|title=Harris rejects push to seek Virginia GOP chairmanship |publisher=Richmond-Times Dispatch |date=3 August 2009 |url=http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/harris_rejects_push_to_seek_virginia_gop_chairmanship/29905/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120226181705/http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/harris_rejects_push_to_seek_virginia_gop_chairmanship/29905/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 February 2012 }}
He graduated from Hampton University in 1986 with a B.A. in political science. Harris served as a 1st lieutenant in military intelligence from 1986 to 1990. He graduated from George Washington University in 1995 with a J.D.
Political career
He became the first African American Republican elected to the House of Delegates since Reconstruction in the 1997 legislative elections. He won re-election in 1999. In 2001, he began working for the United States Department of Justice.
Virginia Republican party leaders floated Harris as a possible successor to Republican Party Chairman Jeff Frederick in March 2009.
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Category:Politicians from Charlottesville, Virginia
Category:African-American state legislators in Virginia
Category:African-American United States Army personnel
Category:George Washington University Law School alumni
Category:21st-century members of the Virginia General Assembly
Category:Hampton University alumni
Category:American Reformed Episcopalians
Category:20th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly
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