Norris's honor. George W. Norris Middle School in Omaha, Nebraska; the George W. Norris K–12 school system near Firth, Nebraska; and George W. Norris...
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George Norris may refer to: George A. Norris (1928–2013), Canadian sculptor George W. Norris (1861–1944), American politician SS George W. Norris, a Liberty...
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Senator George William Norris House is a historic house museum at 706 Norris Avenue in McCook, Nebraska. It was purchased in 1899 by George W. Norris (1862–1944)...
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for George W. Norris, who was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska and who wrote the legislation that created the TVA. Norris Lake was created by the Norris Dam...
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SS George W. Norris was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George W. Norris, a member of the U.S. House...
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Governor's Suite, the Warner Legislative Chamber (former senate), the George W. Norris Legislative Chamber (unicameral), and Memorial Chamber (14th floor)...
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honor of George W. Norris, a Senator from Nebraska, who was a long-term supporter of the TVA. TVA chairman Arthur Morgan envisioned Norris as a model...
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title comes from the names of the sponsors of the legislation: Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska and Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York,...
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1867, and elects its United States senators to class 1 and class 2. George W. Norris was the state’s longest serving senator (served 1913–1943). Nebraska's...
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fusion. Initially the party had nominated Senator George Norris of Nebraska for President, but Norris adhered to an earlier declaration that he had made...
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members of both parties to state and federal office; examples include George W. Norris (who served a few years in the Senate as an independent), J. James...
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1936. Incumbent Independent U.S. Senator George W. Norris was re-elected to a fifth consecutive term. Norris had left the Republican Party earlier that...
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3, 1942. Incumbent Independent George W. Norris lost re-election to a sixth term to Republican Kenneth Wherry. Norris, a former Republican, was quoted...
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abandoned by Taft. A revolt against Cannon's authority as Speaker, led by George W. Norris, was a contributing factor to the Republican Party split in the elections...
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Ohio U.S. Representative Royal C. Johnson from South Dakota Senator George W. Norris from Nebraska Hoover's managers at the Republican National Convention...
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Republicans considered forming a third party, but William Borah, Johnson, George W. Norris, and Gifford Pinchot declined to lead such a movement. An attempt to...
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then joined the Democratic Party two years later. Nebraska senator George W. Norris was elected for four terms as a Republican before changing to an independent...
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to that seat in 1984 and 1990. He is the only Nebraskan other than George W. Norris, the architect of Nebraska's unicameral legislature, to win five consecutive...
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Democratic and Farmer–Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent, the Republicans were...
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George Alexander Norris (24 December 1928 – 12 March 2013) was a Canadian artist and sculptor. Norris is best known for his many public sculptures in...
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Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do. Shortly after, in Hollywood, Norris trained celebrities...
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Rural Electrification Act (redirect from Norris-Rayburn Act)
and other rural places. Representative John E. Rankin and Senator George William Norris were supporters of the Rural Electrification Act, which was signed...
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local area to find work. In Ward Moore's 1953 novel Bring the Jubilee, George Norris is mentioned as the sitting president in 1940. A member of the Populist...
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has been Republican," and shared the platform when Republican Sen. George W. Norris opened a coast-to-coast stump for FDR in Philadelphia. ... Butler was...
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Party nominated former Congressman and ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis of West Virginia. Davis, a compromise candidate, triumphed on the 103rd...
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September 1939, the position of many in Congress changed. Senator George W. Norris said, "If we repeal it, we are helping England and France. If we fail...
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John W. Norris who was born in March 1862, lived in Fall River, Massachusetts, and worked as a nurse before joining the U.S. Navy. This Norris enlisted...
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Those who have been identified as members of the faction include: George W. Norris of Nebraska William Borah of Idaho Robert La Follette of Wisconsin...
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Congressman Vito Marcantonio called it "terror by index cards". Senator George W. Norris complained as well. The Custodial Detention Index was a list of suspects...
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unlimited coinage of silver." In referencing the Omaha Platform, Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska suggested the wealth of the "super rich" had to begin flowing...
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