Adolphus Peter Nelson

Adolphus Peter Nelson (March 28, 1872 - August 21, 1927) represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives from 1918 to 1923.

Biography

Nelson was born in Holmes City Township, Minnesota, and attended the public schools there. He graduated from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1897, and then moved to Grantsburg, Wisconsin, where he worked in banking.

Adolphus Nelson became a regent of the University of Wisconsin in 1906, continuing in that capacity until 1919. From 1916 to 1920 he served as President of the Board of Regents. He was also president of the local school board from 1910 to 1916, mayor of Grantsburg from 1914 to 1916, and vice president of the Board of Trustees of Hamline University from 1914 to 1918. He served as mayor of Grantsburg between 1914 and 1916.

Nelson was first elected to Congress as a Republican to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Irvine L. Lenroot. He was re-elected twice, serving from November 5, 1918, to March 3, 1923. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1922. Following his terms in Congress, he returned to work in in banking in Grantsburg, where he died and was buried in Riverside Cemetery.

References

• Adolphus Peter Nelson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress