Nelsen, Ancher, 1904-1992

LC control no.	no2009128568
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Nelsen, Ancher, 1904-1992 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	19041011
Death date	19921130
Place of birth	Renville County (Minn.)
Place of death	Hutchinson (Minn.)
Affiliation	Minnesota. Legislature. Senate Minnesota. Office of the Lieutenant Governor United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Farmers Legislators--United States
Found in	Clean air and solid waste disposal acts, 1965: p. 66 (Ancher Nelsen) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 18, 2009 (Nelsen, Ancher, a Representative from Minn.; b. Oct. 11, 1904; d. Nov. 30, 1992) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, October 24, 2013 (Nelsen, Ancher (1904-1992); a Representative from Minnesota; born on a farm in Renville County, Near Buffalo Lake, Minn., October 11, 1904; graduated from high school in Brownton, Minn., 1923; member of the District No. 75 school board, 1926-1935; member of the Lynn Township, Minn., school board, 1929-1935; farmer; member of the Minnesota state senate, 1935-1949; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1948 and 1952; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1953; administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration Program, Washington, D.C., 1953-1956; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth Congress; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-December 31, 1974); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; died on November 30, 1992 in Hutchinson, Minn.)
Associated language	eng