Thomas H. Nelson
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Thomas Henry Nelson (1820-1896) was a U.S. diplomat and politician from Indiana.
Nelson was born in Mason County, Kentucky on 20 October 1820. In 1860, he unsuccessfully ran for the United States Congress. He was appointed U.S. Envoy to Chile in 1861 by Abraham Lincoln, and to Mexico in 1869 by Ulysses S. Grant. Nelson died in Terre Haute, Indiana, on March 14, 1896, and is buried there in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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| Preceded by John Bigler |
United States Envoy to Chile 4 October 1861–12 March 1866 |
Succeeded by Hugh Judson Kilpatrick |
| Preceded by William S. Rosecrans |
United States Envoy to Mexico June 26, 1869–June 16, 1873 |
Succeeded by John W. Foster |
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