Fred Norton
Fred C. Norton | |
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| Associate Judge of the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1987 – June 1987 | |
| Preceded by | David M. Jennings |
| Succeeded by | Bob Vanasek |
| Minnesota State Representative | |
| In office January 1967 – June 1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 19, 1928 Wesleyan University University of Minnesota |
| Profession | Attorney, judge |
Fred C. Norton (August 19, 1928 – October 28, 2000) was a
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
.
Norton was born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota before graduating in 1950 from Wesleyan University. He later received his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.[1]
Norton worked in the office of the
Harry A. Sieben, Jr. after the 1982 elections gave Democrats a larger majority.[2] He later served as minority leader from 1985 to 1987, and became speaker again in January 1987.[1]
Norton resigned from the House in June 1987, accepting an appointment to the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Governor Rudy Perpich. He won election to the court in 1988, and served on the court until he retired in 1997. He died of bone cancer in 2000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Norton, Fred C". Leg.state.mn.us. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Speakers of the House, 1849". Leg.state.mn.us. Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
External links
- Fred Norton at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
- Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives
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