Richard Henry Norton | |
Image Name: | Richard Henry Norton (Missouri Congressman).jpg |
State2: | Missouri |
District2: | 7th |
Term Start2: | March 4, 1889 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1893 |
Preceded2: | John E. Hutton |
Succeeded3: | John T. Heard |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1849 |
Birth Place: | Troy, Missouri, US |
Death Place: | St. Louis, Missouri, US |
Profession: | lawyer |
Party: | Democrat |
Richard Henry Norton (November 6, 1849 – March 15, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Troy, Missouri, Norton attended the common schools and Saint Louis University, where he took a classical course.He graduated from the law school of Washington University in St. Louis in 1870.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Troy, Missouri.
Norton was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He died in St. Louis, Missouri, March 15, 1918.He was interred in City Cemetery, Troy, Missouri.