George William Norris (July 11, 1861 – September 2, 1944) was a U.S. leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress. He represented the state of Nebraska in the House of Representatives from 1903 to 1913, and then in the Senate from 1913 until 1943. He was a member of the Republican Party until 1936, when he became an Independent. In 1912, the year he was first elected to the US Senate, he supported Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson of the Progressive Party for President and Vice President, but ran on the Republican ticket himself.
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| - George William Norris (July 11, 1861 – September 2, 1944) was a U.S. leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress. He represented the state of Nebraska in the House of Representatives from 1903 to 1913, and then in the Senate from 1913 until 1943. He was a member of the Republican Party until 1936, when he became an Independent. In 1912, the year he was first elected to the US Senate, he supported Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson of the Progressive Party for President and Vice President, but ran on the Republican ticket himself.
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Spouse
| - Ellie Leonard
- Pluma Lashley
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| - Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 5th congressional district
- United States Senator from Nebraska
- Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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| - Norris Brown
- A Period of Vacancy Following Benjamin Wade
- Albert B. Cummins
- Ashton C. Shallenberger
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| - 1903(xsd:integer)
- 1913(xsd:integer)
- 1926(xsd:integer)
- 1941(xsd:integer)
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- Henry F. Ashurst
- Kenneth S. Wherry
- Silas Reynolds Barton
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Children
| - Three daughters by first marriage
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| - George William Norris (July 11, 1861 – September 2, 1944) was a U.S. leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress. He represented the state of Nebraska in the House of Representatives from 1903 to 1913, and then in the Senate from 1913 until 1943. He was a member of the Republican Party until 1936, when he became an Independent. In 1912, the year he was first elected to the US Senate, he supported Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson of the Progressive Party for President and Vice President, but ran on the Republican ticket himself.
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