George Norris Historical Figure Nationality: United States Date of Birth: 1861 Date of Death: 1944 Cause of Death: Natural Causes Occupation: Lawyer, Politician Spouse: Pluma Lashley (d. 1901) Ellie Leonard Children: Three daughters by first marriage Affiliations: Republican Party (until 1936); Independent Turtledove Appearances: Southern Victory POD: September 10, 1862 Appearance(s): Drive to the East Affiliations: Socialist Party

George William Norris (1861–1944) was a U.S. leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress. He represented the state of Nebraska in the House of Representatives from 1903 to 1913, and then in the Senate from 1913 until 1943. He was a member of the Republican Party until 1936, when he became an Independent. In 1912, the year he was first elected to the US Senate, he supported Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson of the Progressive Party for President, but ran on the Republican ticket himself.

George Norris in Southern VictoryEdit

George Norris was a United States Senator from Nebraska during the Second Great War. He was a Socialist. He chaired the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. He was blindly loyal to his party's President, Charles W. La Follette, and was perceived as being too soft on the prosecution of the war even by fellow Socialists such as Congresswoman Flora Blackford. He supported La Follette's plan to treat with Mormon rebels, but his committee opposed these negotiations over his protests when Blackford led hawkish Socialists to side with Republicans and Democrats in opposition to the measure. Norris feebly claimed that opposing the administration in time of war could give aid and comfort to the enemy, a position which Blackford indignantly rejected.^[1]

1. ↑ Drive to the East, pgs. 130-134

Political offices (OTL)
Preceded by Ashton C. Shallenberger	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 5th congressional district 1903 – 1913	Succeeded by Silas Reynolds Barton
Preceded by Norris Brown	United States Senator from Nebraska 1913 – 1943	Succeeded by Kenneth S. Wherry
Preceded by Albert B. Cummins	Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee 1926 – 1933	Succeeded by Henry F. Ashurst
Political offices (Southern Victory)
Preceded by A Period of Vacancy Following Benjamin Wade	Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War 1941-1943(?)	Succeeded by Unnamed

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