Knute Nelson(born in
Voss, Norway[?],
February 2,
1843, immigrated to the
United States in
1849 died
April 28,
1923. He was a
US Representative[?] ,
US Senator and
Governor for the state of
Minnesota. Nelson also served in the
US Army during the
US Civil War[?] He also had been a member of the
Wisconsin assembly[?] (1868-1869)and
Minnesota State Senate (1874-1878). He served in the
US House of Representatives from
March 3,
1883 to
March 3,
1889. He was elected the 12th
Governor of Minnesota in
1892 reelected in
1894 and served until
January 31,
1895, when he resigned, preparatory to becoming
Senator; elected as a
Republican to the
United States Senate in 1895; reelected in 1901, 1907, 1913, and 1918, and served from
March 4,
1895, until his death in
1923.