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#OTD 1932
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‘Why I Am a Better Republican than President Hoover By Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, Who Says If Lincoln Were Alive Today He Would Support Franklin D. Roosevelt Against the Champion of Big Business.’ *Liberty*, Sept. 24, 1932
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‘George William Norris (1861-1944) was “the 11th child of a poor farming family who earned a law degree, moved to Nebraska, & entered politics as a progressive liberal Republican. Yes, there were such creatures in the early 20th century! But while Norris helped found the National Progressive Republican League in 1911 & threw his support behind Theodore Roosevelt’s insurgent Progressive Party candidacy in 1912, he still refused to bolt the convention or switch his party affiliation, maintaining his standing as a leading Progressive Republican in the Senate. In the 1920s, Norris assumed chairmanship of the Agriculture & Forestry committees & he became a leading advocate for the Farm Bloc & the labor movement. A true Republican ‘maverick,’ Norris publicly challenged & opposed many of the measures promoted by the Harding, Coolidge, & Hoover Administrations, going so far as to publicly support Democratic presidential candidates in 1928 & 1932. ...”’ https://wolfsonianfiulibrary.wordpress.com