{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000134. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | name =Amasa Norcross | image =Amasa Norcross.png | caption = | state1 =[[Massachusetts]] | district1 ={{ushr|MA|10|10th}} | term_start1 =March 4, 1877 | term_end1 =March 3, 1883 | preceded1 =[[Julius Hawley Seelye]] | succeeded1 =[[William W. Rice]] | office2 =Mayor of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]] | term2 =1873–1875 | predecessor2 = ''Position created'' | successor2 = Eugene Miles | office3 =Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term3 =1858-1859<br>1862 | birth_date ={{birth date|1824|1|26}} | birth_place = [[Rindge, New Hampshire|Rindge]], [[New Hampshire]] | death_date ={{death date and age|1898|4|2|1824|1|26}} | death_place =[[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]] | resting_place= | party =[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | signature =Amasa Norcross signature.png | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Amasa Norcross''' (January 26, 1824 – April 2, 1898) was an American politician who was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]] and the first mayor of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fitchburgma.gov/717/Mayors-Throughout-History|title=Mayors of Fitchburg|publisher=Fitchburg, Massachusetts|access-date=March 28, 2026}}</ref>

Born in [[Rindge, New Hampshire]], Norcross attended the common schools and [[New Ipswich Academy|Appleton Academy]], [[New Ipswich, New Hampshire]]. He studied law, was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1847 and commenced practice in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1858, 1859, and again in 1862. He was assessor of internal revenue from August 1862 until May 1873, when the office was abolished. He served as mayor of the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1873 and 1874. He served in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] in 1874.

Norcross was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[45th United States Congress|Forty-fifth]], [[46th United States Congress|Forty-sixth]], and [[47th United States Congress|Forty-seventh]] Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882. He resumed the practice of law. He died in [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]], April 2, 1898, while on a visit to his daughter, painter [[Eleanor Norcross]]. He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery, [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]].

==See also== {{Portal|Biography}} * [[1874 Massachusetts legislature]] * [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester district]]

==References== {{CongBio|N000134}} {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Find a Grave|7498263}}

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