Background
Norris, Moses was born on November 8, 1799 in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, United States.
Moses Norris
United States representative lawyer politician United States Senator
November 8, 1799 (age 55) Pittsfield, New Hampshire, United States
Norris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1855. Interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield.
Moses Norris Edit Profile
United States representative lawyer politician United States Senator
Moses Norris, American senator, congressman. member N.H. Ho; member N.H. Council, 1841-1842; member United States Ho; member United States Senate from N.H., 1849-1855</td><tr><td class="label_burgverd11px"><b>Death</b></td></tr><tr><td> Died Washington, District of Columbia, Jan.
Education
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.
Career
Norris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1855.
Interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield.
Membership
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. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1847-1848, and served as speaker. 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).
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democratic Party