Mary Teresa Norton
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| Chairperson of the House Administration Committee | |
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In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Karl Le Compte |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Stanley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th district |
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In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Sieminski |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 12th district |
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In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Charles O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Lehlbach |
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March 7, 1875 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 1959 (aged 84) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Norton |
| Alma mater | Packard Business College |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Mary Teresa Norton (March 7, 1875 – August 2, 1959) was an American politician. She and Florence Prag Kahn were the fifth and sixth women to serve in the United States House of Representatives, beginning on March 4, 1925. Norton was the first Democrat; the other five were Republicans. She chaired four House committees during her tenure. She was a labor advocate and a supporter of women's rights.
She was born as Mary Teresa Hopkins in Jersey City, New Jersey. She attended parochial schools and the Jersey City High School, and graduated from Packard Business College, New York City in 1896. She married Robert Francis Norton in 1909.
Norton was president of the Queen's Daughters' Day Nursery Association of Jersey City from 1916 to 1927. She was appointed to represent Hudson County on the New Jersey Democratic State Committee in 1920. She was elected a member of that committee in 1921, and served as vice chairperson from 1921 to 1931. She chaired the state committee from 1932 to 1935 and again from 1940 to 1944. She also served as vice chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Committee. She was elected to the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1922, and was a delegate at large to the Democratic National Conventions in 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, and 1948. She was a delegate to the International Labor Conference at Paris, France in 1945.
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