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  Norris, George W.
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NameGeorge W. Norris
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McCook, Nebraska , United States
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Born July 11, 1861
DiedSeptember 02, 1944 (83 years)
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Jan 17, 2024 01:38pm
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InfoBorn on a farm near Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, on July 11, 1861; attended the district schools, Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, and the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso; taught school while studying law; graduated from the law department of Valparaiso (Ind.) University in 1883 and was admitted to the bar the same year; continued teaching until he moved to Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebr., in 1885 and engaged in the practice of law; county attorney of Furnas County for three terms; district judge of the fourteenth district 1895-1902; moved to McCook, Red Willow County, Nebr., in 1899

US House (R-NE) 1903-1913; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1912 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Robert W. Archbald, judge of the United States Commerce Court

US Senate (R,I-NE) 1913-1943; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942; chairman, Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on Patents (Sixty-sixth Congress), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty-seventh through Sixty-ninth Congresses), Committee on the Judiciary (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-second Congresses); known as the "father of the TVA," the first of that project's dams was named Norris Dam. Norris believed Coolidge was too conservative and Hoover too liberal; during the years 1923 to 1933 he mostly voted with a block of western Republican Senators against the White House.

Contender for the 1928 Republican presidential nomination; famously began to shave his moustache after announcing his candidacy (see overview of his campaign here: [Link] )

Retired from public life; died in McCook, Nebr., September 2, 1944; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery.

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  11/03/1942 NE US Senate Lost 28.64% (-20.33%)
  11/03/1936 NE US Senate Won 43.82% (+6.00%)
  04/14/1936 NE US Senate - R Primary Lost 1.19% (-69.99%)
  04/14/1936 NE US Senate - D Primary Lost 2.35% (-28.98%)
  07/01/1932 US President - R Primaries Lost 5.82% (-41.67%)
  01/04/1932 President Pro Tempore Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  11/04/1930 NE US Senate Won 56.84% (+17.09%)
  08/12/1930 NE US Senate - R Primary Won 57.27% (+17.94%)
  09/06/1928 US President - FLP Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  06/15/1928 US President - R Convention Lost 2.20% (-74.66%)
  06/01/1928 US President - R Primaries Lost 6.12% (-43.34%)
  04/10/1928 NE US President - R Primary Won 91.79% (+85.32%)
  04/03/1928 WI US President - R Primary Won 87.13% (+77.68%)
  11/04/1924 NE US Senate Won 62.42% (+24.83%)
  06/12/1924 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 1.33% (-24.55%)
  04/08/1924 NE US Senate - R Primary Won 60.63% (+34.71%)
  11/05/1918 NE US Senate Won 54.51% (+9.03%)
  08/20/1918 NE US Senate - R Primary Won 35.86% (+10.05%)
  11/04/1912 NE US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  04/19/1912 NE US Senate - R Primary Won 53.98% (+7.96%)
  04/04/1911 US House Speaker Lost 0.27% (-59.51%)
  11/08/1910 NE - District 05 Won 53.69% (+10.79%)
  03/15/1909 US House Speaker Lost 0.52% (-52.88%)
  11/03/1908 NE - District 05 Won 49.41% (+0.05%)
  11/06/1906 NE - District 05 Won 53.13% (+7.81%)
  11/08/1904 NE - District 05 Won 56.11% (+16.61%)
  11/04/1902 NE - District 05 Won 49.48% (+0.60%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US President - Dec 16, 1940 D Franklin D. Roosevelt
NE US President - Nov 05, 1940 D Franklin D. Roosevelt
US President - Dec 14, 1936 D Franklin D. Roosevelt
US President - Jan 04, 1933 D Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 07, 1930 NPA Reject
US President - Jan 02, 1929 D Alfred E. Smith
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 05, 1925 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jun 01, 1916 D Louis D. Brandeis
US President - Jan 13, 1913 R Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
NE US President - R Primary - Apr 19, 1912 R Robert M. La Follette
US President - R Primaries - Jun 04, 1912 R Robert M. La Follette