Sen. George Norris

Former Senator from Nebraska

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1937-1942	Senator	Nebraska
1931-1936	Senator	Nebraska
1925-1931	Senator	Nebraska
1913-1925	Senator	Nebraska
1907-1913	Representative	Nebraska's 5^th District
1905-1907	Representative	Nebraska's 5^th District
1903-1905	Representative	Nebraska's 5^th District

Voting Record

From Mar 1913 to Dec 1942, Norris missed 946 of 4,846 roll call votes, which is 19.5%. This is worse than the median of 15.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1942. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1913 Apr-Jul	38	6	15.8%	67^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	4	3.7%	33^rd
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	58	6	10.3%	33^rd
1914 Mar-May	58	6	10.3%	33^rd
1914 Jun-Aug	119	23	19.3%	33^rd
1914 Sep-Oct	64	6	9.4%	33^rd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	39	33.3%	33^rd
1913 Mar-Mar	5	5	100.0%	67^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	3	7.5%	25^th
1916 Mar-May	103	5	4.9%	25^th
1916 Jun-Aug	86	19	22.1%	25^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	156	11	7.1%	25^th
1917 Apr-Jun	57	11	19.3%	75^th
1917 Jul-Sep	102	2	2.0%	25^th
1917 Oct-Oct	10	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	33	1	3.0%	13^th
1918 Mar-May	54	12	22.2%	38^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	2	4.8%	25^th
1918 Sep-Nov	19	3	15.8%	38^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	54	18	33.3%	38^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	4	12.9%	36^th
1919 Aug-Oct	30	1	3.3%	18^th
1919 Nov-Nov	78	3	3.8%	64^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	52	6	11.5%	42^nd
1920 Mar-May	99	15	15.2%	42^nd
1920 Jun-Jun	19	2	10.5%	42^nd
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	84	58	69.0%	92^nd
1921 Apr-Jun	64	6	9.4%	17^th
1921 Jul-Sep	39	25	64.1%	83^rd
1921 Oct-Nov	85	53	62.4%	75^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	6	15.0%	46^th
1922 Mar-May	194	76	39.2%	58^th
1922 Jun-Aug	213	176	82.6%	92^nd
1922 Sep-Sep	12	12	100.0%	83^rd
1922 Nov-Nov	13	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	70	16	22.9%	46^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	50^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	1	1.9%	12^th
1924 Mar-May	83	8	9.6%	53^rd
1924 Jun-Jun	18	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	16	20.8%	69^th
1926 Jan-Feb	57	5	8.8%	44^th
1926 Mar-May	45	11	24.4%	59^th
1926 Jun-Jul	38	6	15.8%	47^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	76	13	17.1%	44^th
1925 Mar-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	115	19	16.5%	74^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	9	13.6%	33^rd
1929 May-Jun	36	3	8.3%	43^rd
1929 Sep-Sep	8	1	12.5%	65^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	2	3.6%	26^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	6	6.0%	25^th
1930 Mar-May	141	2	1.4%	0^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	3	13.0%	42^nd
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	62	11	17.7%	63^rd
1930 Jul-Jul	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	60	2	3.3%	24^th
1932 Mar-May	90	7	7.8%	24^th
1932 Jun-Jul	64	3	4.7%	12^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	60	22	36.7%	92^nd
1933 Mar-Jun	97	12	12.4%	65^th
1934 Jan-Jun	123	10	8.1%	36^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	8	21.6%	84^th
1935 Apr-Jun	48	1	2.1%	13^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	4	8.7%	44^th
1936 Jan-Jun	60	6	10.0%	38^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	2	10.5%	53^rd
1937 Apr-Jun	21	8	38.1%	91^st
1937 Jul-Aug	28	28	100.0%	97^th
1937 Nov-Dec	21	1	4.8%	38^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	5	6.2%	15^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	12	29.3%	86^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	43	7	16.3%	62^nd
1940 Apr-Jun	63	9	14.3%	55^th
1940 Jul-Sep	37	4	10.8%	55^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	4	80.0%	89^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	1	100.0%	63^rd
1941 Jan-Mar	23	1	4.3%	48^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	9^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	22	95.7%	98^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	21	1	4.8%	28^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	56^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Norris [I-NE, 1937-1942] leaves office as Senator from Nebraska

Dec 16, 1942

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Norris [I-NE, 1937-1942] takes office as Senator from Nebraska

Jan 05, 1937

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Norris [I-NE, 1937-1942] leaves office as Senator from Nebraska

Jun 20, 1936

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Norris [I-NE, 1937-1942] takes office as Senator from Nebraska

Dec 07, 1931

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Norris [I-NE, 1937-1942] leaves office as Senator from Nebraska

Mar 03, 1931