John E. Nelson (Maine)

John Edward Nelson ( born July 12, 1874 in China, Kennebec County, Maine, † April 11, 1955 in Augusta, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1922 and 1933 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Nelson attended the public schools including High School in Waterville. He then completed until 1894, the Friends School in Providence (Rhode Iceland ). By 1898, he studied again in Waterville at the local Colby College. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Maine and its made ​​in 1904 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Waterville. In 1913 he moved his residence and his law firm to Augusta.

Politically, Nelson member of the Republican Party. Following the resignation of Congressman John A. Peters, he was at the election due in the third electoral district of Maine as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. He resigned on March 20, 1922 at its new mandate. After he was confirmed in each case in the five following regular congressional elections, he could remain until March 3, 1933 Congress. Since the end of 1929 his term was overshadowed by the events of the Great Depression. At the end of his time in Congress, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, the newly regulated the beginning of the terms of office of the Congress and the President.

In the following years until 1946, Nelson worked as a lawyer again. Then he withdrew into retirement. In the meantime, he was Curator of the Colby College and the Monmouth Academy. John Nelson died on April 11, 1955 in Augusta, and was buried in Waterville. His son Charles (1907-1962) sat 1949-1957 also for the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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