Background
Norcross, Frank Herbert was born on May 11, 1869 in Reno, Nevada, United States. Son of Thomas W. and Caroline B. (Sherman) Norcross.
Norcross, Frank Herbert was born on May 11, 1869 in Reno, Nevada, United States. Son of Thomas W. and Caroline B. (Sherman) Norcross.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Nevada, 1891, Doctor of Laws, 1911. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, District of Columbia, 1894.
1 daughter, Adele Cutts (Mistress Edwin S. Bender). County surveyor, Washoe County, Nevada, 1891-1892. Clerk United States Census Office, Washington, 1892-1894.
Admitted to Nevada bar, 1894, California bar, 1903, bar of Supreme Court of the United States, 1922. District attorney Washoe County, 1895-1897. Member Nevada Assembly, 1897-1899.
Justice Supreme Court of the Nevada, 1904-1916 (chief justice, 1909-1911, 1915-1916). Resumed practice at Reno, Nevada, 1917. United States district judge, District of Nevada, 1928-1945.
Author: Christianity and Divorce. Contributor to legal mags., etc. Associate editor Journal American Institute Criminal Law and Criminology, 1909-1915.
Member Nevada Assembly, 1897-1899. Served private to captain Company C, Nevada National Guard. Member National Civic Federation, American Bar Association, Nevada Bar Association (president 1920), American Institute Criminal Law and Criminology (vice president 1913-1915).
Elector, New York University Hall of Fame. Chairman Nevada delegation Republican National Convention, 1920. Member of council National Economics League.
Member Phi Kappa Phi. Kiwanian. Grand Master of.
Married Adeline L. Morton, July 10, 1895.