William Nelson (New York congressman)

William Nelson ( born June 29, 1784 in Hyde Park, New York, † October 3, 1869 in Peekskill, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1847 and 1851 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Nelson was born about a year after the end of the Revolutionary War in Hyde Park. He attended community schools and graduated from the Poughkeepsie Academy. Nelson studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and began practicing in Peekskill. He spent 30 years as district attorney in the county: Putnam, Rockland and Westchester. During this time he was sitting in the years 1820 and 1821 in the New York State Assembly and 1824-1827 in the Senate from New York. He was also the 1824-1827 Judge of the Court for the Correction of Errors. Politically he belonged to the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1846 for the 30th Congress Nelson was in the seventh election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph H. Anderson on March 4, 1847. He was re-elected once and then retired after March 3, 1851 the Congress of.

After his time Congress he resumed his activities as a lawyer. He died on October 3, 1869 in Peekskill, and was then buried in the Hillside Cemetery. At this time the Civil War was about four years too late.