Ancher Nelsen
Ancher Nelsen | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 2nd district | |
In office January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974 | |
Preceded by | Joseph P. O'Hara |
Succeeded by | Tom Hagedorn |
34th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota | |
In office January 5, 1953 – May 1, 1953 | |
Governor | C. Elmer Anderson |
Preceded by | C. Elmer Anderson |
Succeeded by | Donald O. Wright |
Member of the Minnesota Senate | |
In office 1935-1949 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Buffalo Lake, Minnesota | October 11, 1904
Died | November 30, 1992 Hutchinson, Minnesota | (aged 88)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Ilo Zimmerman (1929), Elvern Krasean |
Profession | farmer, politician |
Ancher Nelsen (October 11, 1904 – November 30, 1992), was an American politician who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Minnesota and an eight-term congressman.
Biography
He was born near Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, to Danish parents. Nelsen attended elementary school in Brownton, Minnesota, and graduated from Brownton High School in 1923. In 1924 he began operation of his 280-acre diversified farm at Hutchinson, McLeod County. In 1929 he married Ilo Zimmerman of Brownton; they had three children.[1]
He was a member of the Minnesota Senate, 1935–1949; delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention and 1952 Republican National Convention. He was elected the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 1952. He served less than one year (January 5, 1953- May 1, 1953). He resigned to become administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration Program, in Washington, D.C., 1953–1956; He was elected as a Republican to the US House of Representatives in 1958 and served in Congress; from January 3, 1959, to December 31, 1974, in the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, and 93rd congresses.
References
- United States Congress. "Ancher Nelsen (id: N000028)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Minnesota Historical Society biography
- Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
External links
- A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Ancher Nelsen" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive
- 1904 births
- 1992 deaths
- Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota
- Minnesota state senators
- Minnesota Republicans
- American Lutherans
- American people of Danish descent
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 20th-century American politicians
- People from Hutchinson, Minnesota