Moses Norris Jr. Explained

Moses Norris Jr.
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Jr/Sr1:United States Senator
State1:New Hampshire
Party:Democrat
Term1:March 4, 1849  - January 11, 1855
Preceded1:Charles G. Atherton
Succeeded1:John S. Wells
Office2:Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district
Term Start2:March 4, 1843
Term End2:March 3, 1847
Predecessor2:Charles G. Atherton
Successor2:District eliminated
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term3:1837–1840
1842
1847–1848
Birth Date:8 November 1799
Birth Place:Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Profession:Politician, Lawyer

Moses Norris Jr. (November 8, 1799January 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 3, 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.

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