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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyMary Teresa NORTON
(1875-1959)
NORTON, Mary Teresa, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 7,
1875; attended parochial schools and the Jersey City High School;
was graduated from Packard Business College, New York City, in
1896; president of the Queen’s Daughters’ Day Nursery
Association of Jersey City 1916-1927; appointed to represent Hudson
County on the State Democratic committee in 1920; elected a member
of that committee in 1921 and served as vice chairman 1921-1931 and
as chairman 1932-1935; also served as vice chairman of the Hudson
County Democratic Committee; elected county freeholder in 1922;
delegate at large to the Democratic National Conventions in 1924,
1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, and 1948; delegate to International
Labor Conference at Paris, France, in 1945; elected as a Democrat
to the Sixty-ninth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (March
4, 1925-January 3, 1951); chairwoman, Committee on District of
Columbia (Seventy-second through Seventy-fifth Congresses),
Committee on Labor (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-ninth
Congresses), Committee on Memorials (Seventy-seventh Congress),
Committee on House Administration (Eighty-first Congress); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1950; consultant, Women’s
Advisory Committee on Defense Manpower, Department of Labor, 1951
and 1952; died in Greenwich, Conn., August 2, 1959; interment in
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
Bibliography
Mitchell, Gary. “Women Standing for Women: The Early
Political Career of Mary T. Norton.” New Jersey
History 96 (Spring-Summer 1978): 27-42; Rees, Maureen.
“Mary Norton: A Grand Girl.” Journal of the Rutgers
University Libraries 47 (December 1985): 59-75.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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