Edwin L. Norris

Edwin Lee Norris (August 15, 1865 – April 25, 1924) was a Democratic politician from Montana.

Norris is credited with signing state laws prohibiting discrimination by life insurance companies and making mine operators liable when employees became disabled.

Norris championed the use of prison labor to build roads in Montana.

Thanks to his influence, prison labor built more than 230 miles of roads in Montana between 1913 and 1921.

[3] Norris died in Great Falls, Montana in 1924, where he had lived since leaving the Governor's office.