4c George Norris single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Depicts

George William Norris, American, 1861 - 1944

Description

This Senator Norris Issue stamp features a portrait of United States Senator George Norris from Nebraska. He served as a Republican and an Independent. He started his political career locally before serving in the United States House of Representatives. He was a progressive politician, who supported labor unions and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. He was an advocate farming interests and public power, both reflected in the successful passage of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act and Rural Electrification Act.

United States; Nebraska; George Norris; House of Representatives; Senate; president; Franklin D. Roosevelt; New Deal; public; politics; labor; union; progressive; Republican; Independent; farming; power; portrait

Date

July 11, 1961

Object number

1980.2493.5388

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (blue green); adhesive / engraving

Place

Tennessee

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Political Figures

Technology & Inventions

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8ab9df652-7f2b-4c54-914a-7d465a7425c4

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5388