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[[File:Norris Cotton high-resolution picture.jpg|thumb|left|160px]]
[[File:Norris Cotton high-resolution picture.jpg|thumb|left|160px]]
Cotton broke from the mostly [[conservative]] wing of his party in 1954 when voting in favor of censuring [[Wisconsin]] Republican [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.
Cotton broke from the mostly [[conservative]] wing of his party in 1954 when voting in favor of censuring [[Wisconsin]] Republican [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.
After the death of incumbent Republican U.S. senator Charles W. Tobey, Cotton successfully ran in the special election to fill the seat.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=91464 NH US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 02, 1954]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 28, 2021.</ref>
He was one of only three Republican senators to vote against the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s232 TO PASS H.R. 2580, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> Cotton also voted against the [[Equal Rights Amendment]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/92-1972/s533 TO PASS H.J. RES. 208.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> which was heavily backed by the D.C. [[establishment]] though ultimately defeated by a grassroots conservative movement led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]].
He was one of only three Republican senators to vote against the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s232 TO PASS H.R. 2580, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> Cotton also voted against the [[Equal Rights Amendment]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/92-1972/s533 TO PASS H.J. RES. 208.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> which was heavily backed by the D.C. [[establishment]] though ultimately defeated by a grassroots conservative movement led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]].