Rensselaer Russell Nelson

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

Years in office: 1858 - 1896

Education

Bachelor's

Yale College, 1846

Law

Read law, 1849

Personal

Birthplace

Cooperstown, NY

Rensselaer Russell Nelson (1826-1904) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

He was nominated by PresidentJames Buchanan on May 20, 1858. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 20, 1858, and received commission on May 30 of the same year.^[1][2] He retired onMay 16, 1896. Nelson was succeeded in this position byWilliam Lochren.

Early life and education

• Yale College, 1846
• Read law, 1849

Professional career

• Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1849-1850
• Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, 1850-1853
• County attorney, Douglas County, Wisconsin, 1853-1855
• Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, 1855-1857
• Associate justice, Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court, 1857-1858
• Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1896-1904

Judicial career

District of Minnesota

Nelson was nominated by PresidentJames Buchanan on May 20, 1858. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 20, 1858, and received commission onMay 30, 1858.^[1] He retired onMay 16, 1896. Nelson was succeeded in this position byWilliam Lochren.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.
• Biography from theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota website.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byJames Buchanan
Buchanan	Biggs •Cadwalader •Clifford •Deady •Hughes •Jones •Loring •McCandless •Nelson •Shipman

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Active judges	Chief Judge: Patrick Schiltz  •  Nancy E. Brasel  •  Jeffrey M. Bryan  •  Katherine Menendez  •  Eric Tostrud  •  Jerry Blackwell  •  Laura Provinzino
Senior judges	John Tunheim  •  Ann Montgomery  •  Donovan Frank  •  Joan Ericksen  •  David Doty  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Wilhelmina Wright  •  Susan Richard Nelson  •  Michael James Davis (Minnesota)  •
Magistrate judges	Tony N. Leung  •  Leo Brisbois  •  Hildy Bowbeer  •  Becky R. Thorson  •  Jon Huseby  •  David Schultz  •  Elizabeth Cowan Wright  •  John Docherty  •
Former Article III judges	James Rosenbaum  •  Richard Kyle  •  Diana Murphy  •  Rensselaer Russell Nelson  •  William Lochren  •  Page Morris  •  Milton Dwight Purdy  •  Charles Andrew Willard  •  Wilbur Franklin Booth  •  William Alexander Cant  •  John Franklin McGee  •  Joseph West Molyneaux  •  John Benjamin Sanborn  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Matthew Joyce  •  Robert Cook Bell  •  George Sullivan (Minnesota)  •  Edward Devitt  •  Dennis Donovan  •  Earl Larson  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •  Philip Neville  •  Robert Renner  •
Former Chief judges	James Rosenbaum  •  John Tunheim  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Diana Murphy  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Edward Devitt  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •