Ancher Nelsen

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Ancher Nelsen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974
Preceded byJoseph P. O'Hara
Succeeded byTom Hagedorn
34th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
In office
January 5, 1953 – May 1, 1953
GovernorC. Elmer Anderson
Preceded byC. Elmer Anderson
Succeeded byDonald O. Wright
Member of the Minnesota Senate
In office
December 2, 1935 – January 1, 1951
Personal details
Born(1904-10-11)October 11, 1904
Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedNovember 30, 1992(1992-11-30) (aged 88)
Hutchinson, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Ilo Irene Zimmerman
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(m. 1929; died 1972)​

Elvern Mildred Krasean
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(m. 1973)​
Children3, Bruce (son)
Professionfarmer, politician

Ancher Nelsen (October 11, 1904 – November 30, 1992), was an American politician who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and an eight-term congressman.

Biography

Nelsen was born October 11, 1904, near Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, to Danish parents. He 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, Minnesota. In 1929 he married Ilo Irene Zimmerman of Brownton; they had three children.[1] Their son Bruce G. Nelsen served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.[2]

He served on the District 75 Minnesota School Board from 1926 to 1935 and on the Lynn Township School Board from 1929 to 1935. Nelsen was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 1935 to 1951, and a delegate to the 1948 and 1952 Republican National Conventions. In 1952, he was elected the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, but served less than one year (January 5 – May 1, 1953). He resigned to become administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration Program, in Washington, D.C., serving in that post from 1953 to 1956.[3]

Nelsen was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1958 and served in the 86th through the 93rd 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 the Civil Rights Acts of 1960,[4] 1964,[5] and 1968,[6] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting 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.

References

  1. ^ Ancher Nelson Papers
  2. ^ "Nelsen, Bruce G. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "Nelsen, Ancher". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "HR 8601. PASSAGE. -- House Vote #102 -- Mar 24, 1960". GovTrack.us. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "H.R. 7152. PASSAGE. -- House Vote #128 -- Feb 10, 1964". GovTrack.us. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR … -- House Vote #113 -- Aug 16, 1967". GovTrack.us. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF … -- House Vote #193 -- Aug 27, 1962". GovTrack.us. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  8. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. -- House Vote #87 -- Jul 9, 1965". GovTrack.us. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
1952 		Succeeded by
Republican nominee for Governor of Minnesota
1956 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
1953 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
1959–1974 		Succeeded by