William Purdy (Nebraska politician) dating history

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I also wrote profiles of legislators. One I remember was of a retired farmer named William Purdy, serving his first and only two-year term as the representative from Norfolk. I think I was the only reporter to interview him. Purdy was a cipher, but he was a cipher on purpose. He had campaigned for the unicameral on these pledges: to serve only one term, to make no speeches on the floor, to introduce no bills, to vote against each and every bill to increase taxes or expand government. . . . My profile of the old farmer was as snide and dismissive as AP style would allow. Over the years, however, Bill Purdy has become one of my heroes.