Edwin Lee Norris (August 15, 1865 – April 25, 1924) was a Democratic politician from Montana . He served as the fifth Governor of Montana .
5-482: Senator Norris may refer to: Edwin L. Norris (1865–1924), Montana State Senate George W. Norris (1861–1944), Nebraska State Senate Mark Norris (judge) (born 1955), Tennessee State Senate Moses Norris Jr. (1799–1855), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1849 to 1855 Robert O. Norris Jr. (1880–1960), Virginia State Senate William Hutchinson Norris (1800–1893), Alabama State Senate Topics referred to by
10-636: Is credited with signing state laws prohibiting discrimination by life insurance companies and making mine operators liable when employees became disabled. Norris championed the use of prison labor to build roads in Montana. As governor, he sat on the State Board of Prison Commissioners. Thanks to his influence, prison labor built more than 230 miles of roads in Montana between 1913 and 1921. Norris died in Great Falls, Montana in 1924, where he had lived since leaving
15-765: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edwin L. Norris Norris was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky , in 1865, and graduated from the Southern Normal School, now Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky . He moved from Kentucky to Montana in 1888, studied law and was admitted to the Montana bar on October 8, 1889. He married Elizabeth June Wilkins. He practiced law in Dillon, Montana , and
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25-584: Was city attorney there for five years. Norris was elected to the Montana State Senate in 1896 and served until 1900, serving as the Senate President in 1899. He served as the state's fifth Lieutenant Governor from 1905 to 1908. He became Governor on April 1, 1908, upon the resignation of Joseph K. Toole , and was elected in his own right in the November 1908 election, serving until 1913. Norris
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