William Sherrill Hoofnagle (March 27, 1921 – August 15, 2012) was an economist and politician from Fairfax County, Virginia, who served as the second chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors after it became an at-large office.
[1][2] Hoofnagle was appointed to the Fairfax County School Board in 1962 to represent the Centreville District by Supervisor Stuart T. DeBell.
[3] In November 1969, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Frederick A. Babson resigned, citing his frustration with the low pay of $10,000 per year for the part-time office.
[5] Although Hoofnagle was a Democrat, his position as an employee of the Federal Government forbade him from holding partisan political office, so he renounced his party affiliation and became an independent.
Running with the endorsement of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, Hoofnagle defeated Republican Walter S.