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 KNUTE NELSON

, of Alexandria, was born in Norway February 2, 1843; came to the United States in July, 1849, and resided in Chicago, Ill., until the fall of 1850, when he removed to the State of Wisconsin, and from there he removed to Minnesota in July, 1871; was a private and noncommissioned officer in the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment during the War of the Rebellion, and was wounded and taken prisoner at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863; was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1867; was a member of the assembly in the Wisconsin legislature in 1868 and 1869; was county attorney of Douglas County, Minn., in 1872, 1873, and 1874; was State senator in 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878; was presidential elector in 1880; was a member of the board of regents of the State university from February 1, 1882, to January 1, 1893; was a member of the Forty-Eighth, Forty-Ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses for the fifth district of Minnesota; was elected governor of Minnesota in the fall of 1892 and reëlected in the fall of 1894; was elected United States Senator for Minnesota January 23, 1895, for the term commencing March 4, 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.