| LC control no. | n 86125327 |
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| Personal name heading | Nelson, John, 1791-1860 |
| Variant(s) | Nelson, John, 1794-1860 |
| Found in | NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Nelson, W. Papers, 1690-1875 (John Nelson; Rep. from Maryland, 1821-1823) Biog. dir. Amer. Cong., 1961 (Nelson, John; s. of Roger Nelson; b. Frederick, Md., 1794; d. 1860; Democratic Rep. from Md., 1821-1823; served as Atty. Gen'l & Sec. State ad interim under Tyler) Biog. Dir. of U.S. Congress WWW, Dec. 21, 2006 (NELSON, John, (son of Roger Nelson), a Repr. from Maryland; born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., June 1, 1791; graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1811; admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in Frederick, Md.; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (Mar. 4, 1821-Mar. 3, 1823); was not a candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; appointed by President Jackson U.S. ChargeĢ d'Affaires to the Two Sicilies from Oct. 24, 1831-Oct. 15, 1832; Attorney General of the U.S. and Secretary of State ad interim in the Cabinet of President Tyler, 1843-1845; died in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 18, 1860) |
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