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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Nelson, Homer Augustus
Nelson, Homer Augustus, a Representative from New York; born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., August 31, 1829; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; judge of Dutchess County 1855-1862; colonel of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War; resigned in 1863; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; secretary of state of New York 1867-1870; member of the State senate in 1882 and 1883; appointed a member of the commission to report a revision of the judiciary article of the State constitution in 1890; died in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., April 25, 1891; interment in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Nelson, Homer Augustus," 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.1609 Original Sources, accessed October 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTXY6CIJ8V7EE2R.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Nelson, Homer Augustus." 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.1609, Original Sources. 4 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTXY6CIJ8V7EE2R.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Nelson, Homer Augustus' 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.1609. Original Sources, retrieved 4 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTXY6CIJ8V7EE2R.
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