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Moses Norris Jr. (November 8, 1799January 11, 1855) was a
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and
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from
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. Born in
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, he attended the public schools and the Pittsfield Academy, and graduated from
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in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the
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in 1832 and commenced practice in Barnstead. He returned to Pittsfield in 1834, was a member of the
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from 1837 to 1840 and in 1842, and was a member of the
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in 1841-1842. Norris was elected as a
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to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847). He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1847-1848, and served as
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. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirty-first Congress) and a member of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-second Congress) and the Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-third Congress). He died in
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, in 1855; interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield.


See also

* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norris, Moses Jr. 1799 births 1855 deaths Democratic Party United States senators from New Hampshire Democratic Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives New Hampshire lawyers Dartmouth College alumni Members of the Executive Council of New Hampshire Speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire 19th-century American politicians People from Pittsfield, New Hampshire 19th-century American lawyers