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|death_place=McCook, Nebraska
|death_place=McCook, Nebraska
|party[[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Independent voter|Independent]] (1936)
|party[[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-[[Independent voter|Independent]] (1936)
|spouse=Pluma Lashley Norris (married 1889-1901, her death)
|spouse=Pluma Lashley Norris<br> (married 1889-1901, her death)
(2) Ellie Leonard Norris (married 1903)
(2) Ellie Leonard Norris (married 1903)
|children=Three children
|children=Three children
|profession=[[Attorney]]
|profession=[[Attorney]]
|alma_mater=Baldwin Wallace University ([[Ohio]])<br>[[Valparaiso University]] Law School ([[Indiana]])}}
|alma_mater=Baldwin Wallace University ([[Ohio]])<br>[[Valparaiso University]]<br> Law School ([[Indiana]])}}
'''George William Norris''' (July 11, 1861 – September 2, 1944) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] and [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Nebraska]]. Born in [[Ohio]], he was a leader of the bipartisan [[Progressive Movement]], and by the 1930s he was a leading [[liberal]] in domestic policy and an [[isolationist]] in foreign policy.
'''George William Norris''' (July 11, 1861 – September 2, 1944) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] and [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Nebraska]]. Born in [[Ohio]], he was a leader of the bipartisan [[Progressive Movement]], and by the 1930s he was a leading [[liberal]] in domestic policy and an [[isolationist]] in foreign affairs.
He is best known for having been featured in [[John F. Kennedy]]'s ''Profiles in Courage.'' He bravely spoke out against Joseph Cannon's power as Speaker of the House, and was a proponent of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]]. He became an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and was defeated for reelection in 1942 by [[Kenneth S. Wherry]], a conservative Republican from Liberty, Nebraska.
He is best known for having been featured in [[John F. Kennedy]]'s ''Profiles in Courage.'' He bravely spoke out against [[Joseph Cannon]]'s power as Speaker of the House, and was a proponent of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]]. He became an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and was defeated for reelection in 1942 by [[Kenneth S. Wherry]], a conservative Republican from Liberty, Nebraska.