Moses Norris, Jr.

Moses Norris, Jr.
United States Senator from New Hampshire
In office March 4, 1849 – January 11, 1855
Preceded by	Charles G. Atherton
Succeeded by	John S. Wells
Personal details
Born	November 8, 1799(1799-11-08) Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Died	January 11, 1855(1855-01-11) (aged 55) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Moses Norris, Jr. (November 8, 1799 – January 11, 1855) was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.

Born in Pittsfield, he attended the public schools and the Pittsfield Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Barnstead. He returned to Pittsfield in 1834, was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1837 to 1840 and in 1842, and was a member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire in 1841-1842.

Norris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 4, 1847). He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1847-1848, and served as speaker. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirty-first Congress) and a member of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-second Congress) and the Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-third Congress). He died in Washington, D.C. in 1855; interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield.

References

• Moses Norris, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Moses Norris, Jr. at Find A Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles G. Atherton Edmund Burke Ira A. Eastman John R. Reding Tristram Shaw	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large congressional district March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1847 Served alongside: Edmund Burke, John P. Hale, John R. Reding, James H. Johnson and Mace Moulton	Succeeded by (none)
United States Senate
Preceded by Charles G. Atherton	United States Senator (Class 3) from New Hampshire March 4, 1849 – January 11, 1855 Served alongside: John P. Hale, Charles G. Atherton and Jared W. Williams	Succeeded by John S. Wells

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Name	Norris, Moses, Jr.
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Date of birth	November 8, 1799
Place of birth	Pittsfield, New Hampshire, USA
Date of death	January 11, 1855
Place of death	Washington, D.C., USA