Background
Norman S. Case was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to John Warren Case and Louise Marea (White) Case.
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Norman S. Case was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to John Warren Case and Louise Marea (White) Case.
He attended Brown University, graduating in 1908, and went on to Harvard Law School.
In addition, he also served in the Army during World War I, and was the United States. District Attorney for Rhode Island from 1921 to 1926. He left Harvard for Boston University Law School, from which he received his law degree in 1912. Case opened a law practice in Providence, and was soon elected to the Providence City Council as a Republican.
Case was married on June 28, 1916, to Emma Louise Arnold.
Shortly after the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Captain Case and his troop were mustered into Federal service on July 25. On August 20, Case"s troop was re-organized as Company A of the 103d Machine Gun Battalion which was assigned to the 26th Division.
He sailed for Europe on October 2 and served in France with his unit He was reassigned as Judge Advocate of the 26th Division on January 1, 1918 and as Assistant Provost Marshal for the Services of Supply on February 13.
He was reassigned to the administrative section of the Headquarters of the Services of Supply on August 11 and to the supply section on April 20, 1919.
He returned to the United States on July 17, 1919 and was discharged two days later. He was awarded the Order of the Black Star of Benin by the French government in recognition of his service. Case remained a city councilor during his military service.
President Warren G. Harding appointed Case United States. District Attorney for Rhode Island in 1921.
He left the position in 1926 to run for Lieutenant Governor. Case was soundly defeated by T. F. Green in his 1932 bid for reelection.
This election marked a tidal shift in Rhode Island politics from being predominantly Republican to being predominantly Democratic. President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt appointed Case as one of the initial commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission when that agency was set up in 1934, and reappointed him for a full seven-year term in 1938.
In 1945, by-then Senator T. F. Green opposed Case"s candidacy for a third term, and President Harry Truman did not renominate him.
Case was succeeded on the Federal Communication Commission by former Vermont governor William H. Wills. After leaving the Federal Communication Commission, Case returned to private law practice, joining Frank West. Wozencraft, former general counsel for Radio Corporation of America, in the Washington firm of Case & Wozencraft.
Case was a member of the Republican Party during his entire time in office. He was a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. He was also an active member of the Freemasons, and was a Baptist.
A member of the Rhode Island National Guard, Case was called to active duty on June 14, 1916 and served on the Mexican border as captain of Troop A of the 1st Cavalry Squadron until the unit was mustered out of Federal service in November.