Christian Abraham Sorensen (March 24, 1890 – August 25, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician.

Early life

Sorensen was born in

Harrisburg, Nebraska Harrisburg is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Banner County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 100 at the 2010 census. History Harrisburg, and all of Banner County, were originally part of Cheyenne County and beg ...

. Sorensen graduated from Loup City High School in

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in 1909. He went to Grand Island Baptist College in

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from 1909 to 1912. Sorensen received his bachelor's and law degrees from

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in 1913 and 1916.

Career

Sorensen served as the

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from 1929 to 1933 and was a Republican. He was also a co-writer with Myrtle Keegan, in 1917 on a book about legislative procedures in the

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. He practiced law in Lincoln, Nebraska.'Who's Who In Law,' Vol. I, J. C. Schwartz-editor, New York City, 1937, Biographical Sketch of Christian Abraham Sorensen, pg. 877-878

Personal life

Sorensen lived in

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with his wife Annis (Chalkin) and his sons Philip C. Sorensen and

Ted Sorensen Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (May 8, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Kennedy once called hi ...

. His son, Theodore (Ted) was an advisor to U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his son, Philip served as Nebraska's lieutenant governor from 1965-1967. Sorensen and his wife also had one daughter and two other sons. Sorensen died in

in 1959.

References

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