“New Hampshire Senator” Norris Cotton Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“New Hampshire Senator” Norris Cotton Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Norris Henry Cotton
(May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of
New Hampshire
. A member of the
Republican Party
, he served as a
U.S. Representative
and subsequently as a
U.S. Senator
. Cotton was born on a farm in
Warren, New Hampshire
, and was educated at
Phillips Exeter Academy
in New Hampshire and
Wesleyan University
in
Connecticut
. He was the son of Henry Lang and Elizabeth (née Moses) Cotton. While in college, he served as a clerk to the New Hampshire State Senate. He also served as a member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
in 1923 as one of the youngest legislators in history. He became a
lawyer
after attending
George Washington University Law School
and practiced law in
Lebanon, New Hampshire
. Cotton was elected to the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
again in 1943, and served as majority leader that year and as Speaker from 1945 to 1947. In 1946, Cotton was elected to the
United States House of Representatives
from
New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
for the first time. He served until 1954, when he ran for a seat in the
United States Senate
from New Hampshire in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of incumbent Senator
Charles W. Tobey
. He was elected to a full term in 1956, reelected twice and served in the Senate until 1975. Cotton voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Acts of 1957
,
1960
, and
1968
, as well as the
24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
,
the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
, and the confirmation of
Thurgood Marshall
to the
U.S. Supreme Court
,
[7]
but against the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
. Cotton was the only New England senator do so. He was a prominent leader of his party in the Senate, chairing the
Senate Republican Conference
from 1973 to 1975. He did not run for reelection in 1974. Three days before his final term ran out, Cotton resigned to allow the governor to appoint
Louis C. Wyman
. Cotton returned to the Senate in August 1975 after the
election of his successor was contested
. The closest Senate election in history, it went through two recounts at the state level, followed by protracted debate on the Senate floor, until both candidates agreed to a
special election
. Cotton served as a temporary senator until the September 1975 special election, the result of which was not challenged; Cotton returned to
Lebanon, New Hampshire
. Cotton was the last senator to return to the senate via appointment for 43 years until Arizona's former Senator
Jon Kyl
was
appointed
by
Governor
Doug Ducey
in 2018 following the
death
of Senator
John McCain
.