Samuel D. Nicholson

Samuel Danford Nicholson ( born February 22, 1859 in Springfield, Prince Edward Iceland, Province of Canada, † March 24, 1923 in Denver ) was an American politician who represented the state of Colorado in the U.S. Senate.

Nicholson attended the schools of his native Canada, before he moved to the United States. He settled first in Michigan down later in Nebraska and finally in 1881 in Leadville (Colorado). There, he worked in the mining industry, rose from humble workers on to the foreman, managers, and finally as President of the Western Mining Company. He discovered a zinc ore, which was later named after him: Nicholsonit.

His political career began Nicholson as a member of the populist party, for which he was elected in 1893 as mayor of Leadville; This post he held for four years. In 1902 he moved to Denver. In the years 1914 and 1916 he was a candidate, now gone over to the Republicans, unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Colorado. During the First World War he was a member of the United States Fuel Administration.

1920 Samuel Nicholson was elected to the U.S. Senate. He took advantage of his position from March 4, 1921 but died two years later on March 24, 1923 in Denver.