Edwin L. Norris

Edwin Lee Norris (August 15, 1865 – April 25, 1924) was a Democratic politician from Montana. He served as the fifth Governor of Montana.

Biography Norris was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1865, and graduated from the Southern Normal School, now Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He moved from Kentucky to Montana in 1888, studied law and was admitted to the Montana bar on October 8, 1889. He married Elizabeth June Wilkins. He practiced law in Dillon, Montana, and was city attorney there for five years.

Career Norris was elected to the Montana State Senate in 1896 and served until 1900, serving as the Senate President in 1899.

Death Norris died in Great Falls, Montana in 1924, where he had lived since leaving the Governor's office. He was first buried in Fairview Cemetery and later moved to New Highland Cemetery where he is still interred.