biography
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Norris, George William
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| (1861–1944)
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| biography:
| US representative and senator, born in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He received a law degree (1882), and moved to Nebraska (1885) to practise law, serving as a county prosecuting attorney (1892–6) and state judge (1896–1902). In 1902 he was elected to the US House of Representatives (Republican, Nebraska, 1903–13), and then began a stormy 30-year career in the US Senate (1913–43). A progressive in domestic matters, he gained national notoriety for his opposition to US entry into World War 1 and to US participation in the League of Nations. In the 1930s he was a firm supporter of the New Deal. He was a sponsor of the Norris–LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act of 1932, which protected labour's right to organize, and his long years of work for public control of hydroelectric resources culminated in the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933. In 1936 he was elected to the Senate as an Independent, but was defeated for re-election in 1942. |
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