Alfred W. Harris
Alfred W. Harris was an American lawyer and legislator in Virginia. He served four two-year terms in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1881 until 1888.
Harris was born free in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1854. He graduated from Howard University Law School in 1881. He practiced law in Petersburg, Virginia and was elected to represent Dinwiddie County during the reconstruction era. As a legislator he pushed for the creation of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
