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  Nelsen, Ancher
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NameAncher Nelsen
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Hutchinson, Minnesota , United States
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Born October 11, 1904
DiedNovember 30, 1992 (88 years)
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Infoborn on a farm in Renville County, Near Buffalo Lake, Minn., October 11, 1904; graduated from high school in Brownton, Minn., 1923; member of the District No. 75 school board, 1926-1935; member of the Lynn Township, Minn., school board, 1929-1935; farmer; member of the Minnesota state senate, 1935-1949; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1948 and 1952; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1953; administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration Program, Washington, D.C., 1953-1956; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth Congress; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-December 31, 1974); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; died on November 30, 1992, in Hutchinson, Minn.; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.



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  11/07/1972 MN District 2 Won 57.10% (+14.20%)
  11/03/1970 MN District 2 Won 63.32% (+26.64%)
  11/05/1968 MN District 2 Won 59.49% (+18.97%)
  11/08/1966 MN District 2 Won 66.21% (+32.42%)
  11/03/1964 MN District 2 Won 58.35% (+16.71%)
  11/06/1962 MN District 2 Won 62.21% (+24.42%)
  11/08/1960 MN District 2 Won 57.18% (+14.36%)
  11/04/1958 MN District 2 Won 57.07% (+14.15%)
  09/09/1958 MN District 2 - R Primary Won 87.28% (+78.97%)
  11/06/1956 MN Governor Lost 48.18% (-3.23%)
  09/11/1956 MN Governor - R Primary Won 94.40% (+90.34%)
  11/04/1952 MN Lt. Governor Won 54.30% (+8.60%)
  09/09/1952 MN Lt. Governor - R Primary Won 42.37% (+9.26%)
  09/12/1950 MN Lt. Governor - R Primary Lost 48.91% (-2.18%)
  11/05/1946 MN State Senate 22 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1942 MN State Senate 22 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1938 MN State Senate 22 Won 67.81% (+35.62%)
  10/21/1935 MN State Senate 22 - Special Won 55.82% (+11.65%)
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