appointed predecessor successor birth_place death_date death_place children party profession office birth_date term_start order spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
rudy perpich david r. leslie rod searle david m. jennings g. robert vanasek barry anderson harry a. sieben , jr. . minneapolis , minnesota 28 october 2000 marine on st. croix , minnesota jeffrey kelly jonason , bill jonason norton , cynthia norton , katharine norton , dfl attorney , judge associate of the minnesota house of representatives speaker of the minnesota judge house of representatives minnesota state representative of the minnesota court of appeals speaker august 19 , 1928 1987 1980 january 1987 january 1967 47th 50th martha holman norton , marvel jonason norton fred norton
 1997 1981 june 1987 june 1987 fred c. norton wesleyan university university of minnesota
fred norton

fred c. norton -lrb- august 19 , 1928 -- october 28 , 2000 -rrb- was a minnesota politician , a member of the democratic-farmer-labor party , a speaker of the minnesota house of representatives , and a judge of the minnesota court of appeals .
norton was born in 1928 in minneapolis , minnesota .
he attended the university of minnesota before graduating in 1950 from wesleyan university .
he later received his law degree from the university of minnesota law school .
norton worked in the office of the minnesota attorney general from 1955 to 1965 , specializing in tax law .
he was elected to the minnesota house of representatives in 1966 , representing st. paul , minnesota .
he became speaker of the house in 1980 after mid-term elections broke a deadlock in the body .
he did not have the support of the majority of his caucus , but 49 independent-republicans joined 26 dflers to give him the speaker 's gavel .
he served only one year before being replaced by harry a. sieben , jr. after the 1982 elections gave democrats a larger majority .
he later served as minority leader from 1985 to 1987 , and became speaker again in january 1987 .
norton resigned from the house in june 1987 , accepting an appointment to the minnesota court of appeals by governor rudy perpich .
he won election to the court in 1988 , and served on the court until he retired in 1997 .
he died of bone cancer in 2000 .
