Knute Nelson

Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norwegian-born American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures and to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and served as the 12th governor of Minnesota from 1893 to 1895. Having served in the Senate for 28 years, 55 days, he is the longest-serving Senator in Minnesota's history.

Nelson is known for promoting the Nelson Act of 1889 to consolidate Minnesota's Ojibwe/Chippewa on a reservation in western Minnesota and break up their communal land by allotting it to individual households, with sales of the remainder to anyone, including non-natives. This was similar to the Dawes Act of 1887, which applied to Native American lands in the Indian Territory. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Report on the Mississippi River floods /

    Published 1898
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    International Harvester Co. Brief for the government filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota during the October term, 1913, in the case of th...

    Published 1914
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    Commutation of second homestead entries in certain cases. April 13, 1908. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1908
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    Felix McKittrick. May 7, 1884. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.

    Published 1884
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    Indian reservations in Northern Montana. May 10, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

    Published 1886
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    Title to certain lands in Montana. February 16, 1905. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1905
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    Private corporations in Alaska. February 26, 1903. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

    Published 1903
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    Dam across outlet of Namakan Lake, Minn. February 9, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1911
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    Changing time for holding court in New Mexico. May 24, 1920. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1920
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    Granting consent of Congress and authority to the Port of New York Authority to execute the plan approved by the States of New York and New Jersey. April 20 (calendar day, May 29),...

    Published 1922
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    Registration and enrollment of vessels built in foreign countries. August 10, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1912
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    Public and private rights in the public domain.

    Published 1910
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    Sureties of Frank A. Webb. January 25, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1900
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    Construction and maintenance of roads, etc., in Alaska. February 8, 1904. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1904
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    Sureties of Frank A. Webb. February 20, 1902. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1902
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    Accounts between the United States and the several states. May 18, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1900
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    Indemnity school lands upon public lands in Minnesota. June 3, 1902. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1902
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    Restoring to the public domain certain lands at headwaters of the Mississippi. December 18, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1912
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    Construction of certain flood-control works. June 2 (calendar day, June 3), 1920. -- Ordered to be printed.

    Published 1920
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