Christian A. Sorensen
{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}
{{One source|date=November 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Christian A. Sorensen
| image =
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| office = 19th Nebraska Attorney General
| governor = Arthur J. Weaver
Charles W. Bryan
| term_start = 1929
| term_end = 1933
| predecessor = Ora S. Spillman
| successor = Paul F. Good
| birth_name = Christian Abraham Sorensen
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|3|24}}
| birth_place = Harrisburg, Nebraska, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1959|8|25|1890|3|24}}
| death_place = Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{Marriage|Annis Chaikin|1921}}
| children = 5, including Ted and Philip
| parents =
| education = Grand Island Baptist College
University of Nebraska
}}
Christian Abraham Sorensen (March 24, 1890 – August 25, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician.
Early life
Sorensen was born in Harrisburg, Nebraska.{{Cite web |title=Christian A. Sorensen {{!}} Nebraska Authors |url=https://nebraskaauthors.org/authors/christian-a-sorensen |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=nebraskaauthors.org}} Sorensen graduated from Loup City High School in Loup City, Nebraska in 1909. He went to Grand Island Baptist College in Grand Island, Nebraska from 1909 to 1912. Sorensen received his bachelor's and law degrees from University of Nebraska in 1913 and 1916.
Career
Sorensen served as the Nebraska Attorney General 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 Nebraska Legislature. He practiced law in Lincoln, Nebraska.'Nebraska Blue Book 1930, Nebraska Legislature Reference Bureau, Lincoln, Nebraska, December 1930, Biographical Sketch of C.A. Sorensen, pg. 263'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 Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife Annis (Chalkin) and his sons Philip C. Sorensen and Ted Sorensen.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} 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 Lincoln, Nebraska in 1959.
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Category:People from Banner County, Nebraska
Category:Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska
Category:University of Nebraska alumni
Category:Nebraska attorneys general
Category:Writers from Lincoln, Nebraska
Category:20th-century American lawyers
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