Norris Cotton

Norris Cotton
United States Senator
from New Hampshire
In office
August 8, 1975 – September 18, 1975
Appointed byMeldrim Thomson Jr.
Preceded byLouis C. Wyman
Succeeded byJohn A. Durkin
In office
November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1974
Preceded byRobert W. Upton
Succeeded byLouis C. Wyman
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference
In office
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
Preceded byMargaret Chase Smith
Succeeded byCarl Curtis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1947 – November 7, 1954
Preceded bySherman Adams
Succeeded byPerkins Bass
Speaker of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office
1945–1947
Preceded bySherman Adams
Succeeded byJ. Walker Wiggin
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office
1923–1923
In office
1943–1947
Personal details
Born(1900-05-11)May 11, 1900
Warren, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1989(1989-02-24) (aged 88)
Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Ruth Isaacs
(m. 1927; died 1978)
Eleanor Coolidge Brown
(m. 1980)
Children1
Alma materWesleyan University
George Washington University Law School
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator.[1]

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