Patrick Daniel Norton

Patrick Daniel Norton ( born May 17, 1876 in Ishpeming, Michigan, † October 14, 1953 in Minot, North Dakota) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1919 he represented the third electoral district of the State of North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

In 1883, Patrick Norton came with his parents in the Ramsey County, North Dakota, where he attended the public schools. Then he studied until 1903 at the University of North Dakota, among others, Jura. After qualifying as a lawyer, he began in Devils Lake to work in this profession. From 1905 to 1907 he was inspector of schools in Ramsey County.

Norton was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1907 and 1908 he was a clerk in the House of Representatives from North Dakota. In 1907 he moved to Hettinger in Adams County. From 1907 to 1911 he was district attorney in this county, and between 1911 and 1913, he was managing as Secretary of State official of the Government of North Dakota. In the congressional elections of 1912 Patrick Norton was elected as the first member of the newly created third constituency of North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he graduated between 4 March 1913 and the March 3, 1919 three legislative periods.

Further CV

After the end of his time in Congress, he moved to Mandan in North Dakota. There he worked as a farmer and rancher. He was also engaged in banking. In 1927 he moved his residence to Minot. In June 1928 Patrick Norton was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City in part, on the Herbert C. Hoover was nominated as presidential candidate of the party. Between 1920 and 1940 Norton regularly visited the regional party days of the Republicans in North Dakota. He died in October 1953. Patrick Norton was married to Louise Fitzgerald, with whom he had two sons.