Ancher Nelsen | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's2nd 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 theMinnesota Senate | |
| In office December 2, 1935 – January 1, 1951 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1904-10-11)October 11, 1904 Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 1992(1992-11-30) (aged 88) Hutchinson, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3,Bruce (son) |
| Profession | farmer, politician |
Ancher Nelsen (October 11, 1904 – November 30, 1992), was an American politician who served as the 34thLieutenant Governor of Minnesota and an eight-term congressman.
Nelsen was born October 11, 1904, nearBuffalo Lake, Minnesota, to Danish parents. He attended elementary school inBrownton, Minnesota, and graduated from Brownton High School in 1923. In 1924 he began operation of his 280-acre diversified farm atHutchinson,McLeod County, Minnesota. In 1929 he married Ilo Irene Zimmerman of Brownton; they had three children.[1] Their sonBruce G. Nelsen served in theMinnesota House of Representatives.[2]
He served on the District 75 Minnesota School Board from 1926 to 1935 and on theLynn Township School Board from 1929 to 1935. Nelsen was a member of theMinnesota Senate from 1935 to 1951, and a delegate to the1948 and1952Republican National Conventions. In 1952, he was elected the34th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, but served less than one year (January 5 – May 1, 1953). He resigned to become administrator of theRural Electrification Administration Program, in Washington, D.C., serving in that post from 1953 to 1956.[3]
Nelsen was elected as aRepublican to theU.S. House of Representatives in 1958 and served in the86th through the93rd Congresses, from January 3, 1959, to his resignation December 31, 1974, three days before his final term expired. He did not seek renomination in 1974.
Nelsen voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1960,[4]1964,[5] and1968,[6] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[7][8]
He died in Hutchinson, Minnesota, November 30, 1992, at age 88, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson.
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forLieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1952 | Succeeded by |
| Republican nominee forGovernor of Minnesota 1956 | Succeeded by | |
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| Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1953 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | U.S. Representative fromMinnesota's 2nd congressional district 1959–1974 | Succeeded by |
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