George W. Norris

@Former Us Senator, Family and Family

George William Norris was a progressive and liberal U.S

Jul 11, 1861

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: July 11, 1861
  • Died on: September 2, 1944
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Former Us Senator, Republicans, Leaders, Political Leaders
  • Ideologies: Republicans
  • Spouses: Ellie Leonard, Pluma Lashley
  • Known as: Judge George William Norris

George W. Norris born at

York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

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Birth Place

George Norris married Pluma Lashley in 1889 from whom he had three daughters. Post Pluma’s death, he remarried Ellie Leonard in 1903.

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Personal Life

He passed away at the age of 83 on September 2, 1944 in McCook and was cremated at the Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Personal Life

George William Norris was born on July 11, 1861 in Sandusky, Ohio, into a family of underprivileged Scots-Irish farmers.

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Childhood & Early life

His childhood was tough as he lost his father at the tender age of four. His mother, Mary’s support and encouragement motivated George towards some serious education so that their financial miseries could be abated.

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Childhood & Early life

He started attending district schools and his exemplary debating skills supported his choice of law as a career. He did work on farms and also taught in school while studying at the Baldwin University, Berea, in order to support his mother in running a family of 11 children.

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Childhood & Early life

He completed graduation from the law School of Valparaiso University in 1883 after which he returned home where he taught and worked as a clerk in a local law office simultaneously.

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Childhood & Early life

After spending two years at the local law office, he finally started practice in Beaver City, Nebraska, and in 1899 inaugurated his own office in McCook.

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Career

George Norris was appointed the Furnas County prosecutor in 1892 and the district judge in 1895.

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Career

He became a member of the Congress in 1902 and remained so for another four years in a row.

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Career

He led a revolutionary group in 1910 that worked on combating the autocracy of the Speaker, Joseph G. Cannon in the House.

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Career

The National Progressive Republican League was created in January 1911 under his leadership.

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Career

By opposing the privatization of the hydroelectric set ups in 1920, George Norris became a leader of the farm relief legislation.

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Awards & Achievements

In spite of severe opposition to the bill for governmental holdings in 1928, the Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1931; post which he became the “father of the TVA” and the very first dam under this project was named as the Norris Dam.

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Awards & Achievements

One of Norris’ greatest achievements was in the form of the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was proposed and passed in 1923 and 1933 respectively. It is also famous as the “Lame Duck” amendment. This amendment eradicated the lameness of the Congress by changing the President’s inauguration date.

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Awards & Achievements

The twentieth Amendment played a pivotal role in introducing an exclusive non-partisan, unicameral legislature in Nebraska in 1934.

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Awards & Achievements

George Norris became the first person to be placed in the ‘Nebraska Hall of Fame’ in 1961.

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Awards & Achievements