John M. Nelson

John M. Nelson

John Mandt Nelson (born October 10, 1870 in Burke , Dane County , Wisconsin , †  January 29, 1955 in Madison , Wisconsin) was an American politician . Between 1906 and 1933 he represented the state of Wisconsin twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Nelson attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1892 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . Between 1892 and 1894 he was head of the school board in Dane County; from 1894 to 1897 he worked as an accountant in the office of the Secretary of State of Wisconsin. In 1897 and 1898 he published the Madison newspaper "The State" out. He was then from 1898 to 1902 rapporteur in the treasury of his state. In 1896 Nelson graduated from the University of Madison with a law degree.

Politically, Nelson was a member of the Republican Party . After the death of Congressman Henry Cullen Adams , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the second seat of Wisconsin , where he took up his new mandate on September 4, 1906. After six re-elections, he was initially able to remain in Congress until March 3, 1919 . From 1913 he represented the third district of his state there as the successor to Arthur W. Kopp . During this time the First World War and the adoption of the 16th , 17th and 18th amendments to the Constitution fell . Nelson was not nominated for re-election by his party for the 1918 elections. James G. Monahan succeeded him in Congress on March 4, 1919 .

In the congressional elections of 1920 , John Nelson was able to win back his mandate in the third district of Monahan. After five re-elections, he spent six more terms in the US House of Representatives between March 4, 1921 and March 3, 1933. From 1923 to 1925 he was chairman of an election committee ( Committee on Elections No. 2 ); between 1929 and 1931 he headed the committee that dealt with disability pensions. Shortly before the end of Nelson's last term in office, the 20th Amendment was passed in Congress . In 1932 he was no longer nominated for another term.

After his final resignation from the US House of Representatives, John Nelson retired from public life. He died on January 29, 1955 in Madison and was buried there.

Web links

• John M. Nelson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John M. Nelson in the database of Find a Grave (English)