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    Nelson, Louis G. "L.G."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1877 (District 11)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Dodge

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: ??/??/1841
    Birth Place:
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: Norway
    Date of Death: ??/??/1906
    Gender: Male
    Religion: Lutheran
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: L.G.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Kasson
    Occupation (when first elected): Merchant

    EDUCATION

    Wisconsin Schools; At Least Elementary School;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Postmaster: Kasson, Minnesota (3 years); 18?? to 18??
    County Government: Dodge County, Minnesota (Register of Deeds, 2 terms); 18?? to 18??
    Municipal Government: Kasson, Minnesota (Town Clerk, 4 years); 18?? to 18??
    State Legislative Staff: Minnesota House of Representatives (Engrossing Clerk of the House, 2 sessions); 18?? to 18??
    Military: 5th Wisconsin, Company D (United States Civil War, Army of the Cumberland, Wounded Twice; Private, Captain, and Brigade-Staff-Aide-De-Camp; 3 years); 186? to 186?

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Married
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    He moved to the United States in 1845, with his parents. They settled in Wisconsin. He came to Minnesota in 1865, settled in Kasson.

    He was "brought up a Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 47)

    Religion provided by Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877.

    Total Days Served: 371

    SESSIONS SERVED

    19th Legislative Session (1877)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 11
    Elected: 11/7/1876
    Residence: Kasson
    Term of Office: 1/2/1877 to 1/7/1878
    Counties Represented: Dodge
    Occupation: Merchant
    Party: Republican Party Notes: He was "brought up a Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 47)
    Committees:
    • Immigration (Chair)
    • Public Lands

    OTHER INFORMATION

    Articles & Books About
    "Hon. L.G. Nelson." Memoirs of the State Officers; and of the Nineteenth Legislature of Minnesota, by C.L. Hall. Minneapolis: Johnson & Smith, p. 47.


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