| LC control no. | n 80139259 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Nelson, Knute, 1843-1923 |
| Variant(s) | Nelson, Mr. (Knute), 1843-1923 |
| See also | Minnesota. Governor (1893-1895 : Nelson) |
| Birth date | 1843-02-02 |
| Death date | 1923-04-28 |
| Place of birth | Voss (Norway) |
| Place of death | Timonium (Md.) |
| Affiliation | Albion College Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly Minnesota. Legislature. Senate University of Minnesota. Board of Regents United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Governors |
| Found in | Stockbridge and Munsee Indians, 1884?: p. 1 (Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, House) Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (Nelson, Knute, R. Minn., Feb. 2, 1843-Apr. 28, 1923; House 1883-89; Senate 1895-Apr. 28, 1923; Gov. 1893-95) Gieske, M.L. Norwegian Yankee, 1995: t.p. (Knute Nelson) p. 3 (b. 2-2-1842) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, December 1, 2015 (Nelson, Knute, a Representative and a Senator from Minnesota; born in Voss, Norway, February 2, 1843; immigrated to the United States in 1849 with his mother, settled in Chicago, Ill.; moved to Wisconsin in 1850; attended the common schools and Albion Academy, Albion, Wis.; taught school; served as a private and noncommissioned officer with the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; wounded and taken prisoner at Port Hudson, La., 1863; at the close of the war he returned to Albion College and completed the course; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Cambridge, Wis.; member, Wisconsin assembly 1868-1869; moved to Alexandria, Douglas County, Minn., in 1871; county attorney 1872-1874; member, State senate 1874-1878; presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1880; member of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota 1882-1893; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; elected Governor of Minnesota in 1892; reelected in 1894 and served until January 31, 1895, when he resigned, preparatory to becoming Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1895; reelected in 1901, 1907, 1912, and 1918 and served from March 4, 1895, until his death; chairman, Committee on the Improvement of the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Fifty-fourth through Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Sixtieth through Sixty-second Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Private Land Claims (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on the Judiciary (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); died on a train near Timonium, Md., April 28, 1923, while en route to his home; interment in Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Minn.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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