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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Nelson, Knute
Nelson, Knute, a Representative and a Senator from Minnesota; born in Voss, Norway, February 2, 1843; immigrated to the United States in July 1849 with his mother, who settled in Chicago, Ill.; moved to Dane County, Wis., in 1850; attended the common schools and Albion Academy, Albion, Wis., three years; served as a private and noncommissioned officer in the Fourth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War; wounded and taken prisoner at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863; at the close of the war he returned to Albion College and completed the course; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Cambridge, Wis.; member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1868 and 1869; moved to Alexandria, Douglas County, Minn., in 1871; county attorney 1872-1874; member of the State senate 1875-1878; presidential elector on the Republican ticket of Garfield and Arthur in 1880; member of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota from February 1, 1882, to January 1, 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 from January 4, 1893, until January 31, 1895, when he resigned, preparatory to becoming Senator; elected to the United States Senate in 1895; reelected in 1901, 1907, 1913, and 1918, and served from March 4, 1895, until his death; upon his eightieth birthday was the recipient of congratulatory messages from the King of Norway, the President of the Norwegian Congress, and President Warren G. Harding, and in the Senate addresses of felicitation were delivered; died on a train near Timonium, Md., April 28, 1923, while en route to his home; interment in Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Minn.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Nelson, Knute," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1610 Original Sources, accessed October 12, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDB5ZR4YAF26QNR.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Nelson, Knute." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1610, Original Sources. 12 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDB5ZR4YAF26QNR.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Nelson, Knute' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1610. Original Sources, retrieved 12 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDB5ZR4YAF26QNR.
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