James S. Norris

James S. Norris
6th Speaker of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives
In office 1855–1856
Preceded by	Nathan C. D. Taylor
Succeeded by	Charles Gardner
Personal details
Born	1810 Monmouth, Maine
Died	March 5, 1874 Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Political party	Democrat
Residence	Cottage Grove, Minnesota

James S. Norris (1810 – March 5, 1874) was a Democratic politician from Minnesota Territory. Born in Monmouth, Maine, Norris moved to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin in 1839. He later moved to Minnesota, settling on a farm in Cottage Grove, Minnesota in 1842. He was elected to the first Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1849 and re-elected in 1854. In 1855, he served as the Speaker of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives. He attended the state's Democratic Constitutional Convention in 1857. In 1870 he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. He died in Cottage Grove in 1874.^[1][2]

References

1. Folsom, William Henry Carman (1888). Fifty Years in the Northwest. Pioneer Press Company. p. 363.
2. "Norris, James S. — Legislator Record". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.