[1] In 1974, he ran against Robert E. Harris for Virginia House of Delegates, but lost the Republican nomination.
[2] Herrity was elected chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on January 5, 1976, and serving until December 31, 1988.
[3] While serving, he helped fund construction for the Fairfax County Parkway, which was named after him in 1995.
[7] Herrity died of an aortic aneurysm in the Inova Fairfax Hospital on February 1, 2006.
After his death, Frank Wolf made a statement, saying: "I to remember the Honorable John F. 'Jack' Herrity, former chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors, who passed away on February 1.