Catherine Dorris Norrell
| Catherine Dorris Norrell | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 6th district |
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In office April 19, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | William F. Norrell |
| Succeeded by | Position eliminated by reapportionment |
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Catherine Dorris March 30, 1901 Camden, Ouachita County Arkansas, USA |
| Died | August 26, 1981 (aged 80) Warren, Bradley County Arkansas |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery in Monticello, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | William F. Norrell |
| Children | Judy Norrell ___ |
| Residence | Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| Occupation | Educator |
Catherine Dorris Norrell (March 30, 1901 – August 26, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, the wife of her predecessor in the House, William F. Norrell.
Born in Camden in Ouachita County in southern Arkansas, to a Baptist minister, Franklin Dorris, and the former Rose Whitehead, Norrell attended high school in Monticello, Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She taught in the Arkansas public schools and served as director of the music department at Arkansas A & M College (now Arkansas State University) in Jonesboro.
Norrell was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress April 18, 1961, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, W. F. Norrell. In the special election she defeated the Democratic lawyer and banker John Harris Jones (born 1922) of Pine Bluff, who said that if elected she would benefit from the congressional salary as well as a pension from her husband's House service. Jones later switched to Republican affiliation and unsuccessfully opposed senatorial nominee Dale L. Bumpers in 1974. Norrell served until January 3, 1963. She was not a candidate for renomination in 1962, for the 6th District was abolished.
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