Homer Augustus Nelson

Homer Augustus Nelson ( born August 31, 1829 in Poughkeepsie, New York, † April 25, 1891 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Homer Augustus Nelson completed his preliminary studies. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County. Between 1855 and 1862 he was a judge in Dutchess County. During the Civil War he served as Colonel in the 159th Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry. In 1863, he took his leave. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress Nelson was in the twelfth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Stephen Baker on March 4, 1863. In 1864 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after the March 3, 1865 from the Congress of.

He took part in 1867 as a delegate of the Constitutional Convention of New York. Between 1867 and 1870 he was Secretary of State of New York. He sat in the years 1882 and 1883 in the Senate from New York. In 1890 he was appointed to the commission to make a change of Judikativabschnitts ( judiciary article) in the Constitution of New York. He died on April 25, 1891 in Poughkeepsie and was then buried in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.