U.S. Congressman. Born in Holmes City Township, Minnesota, he graduated from Hamline University, in 1897; moved to Grantsburg, Wisconsin, in 1897 and engaged in banking. He was a president of the local school board (1910-16) and Mayor of Grantsburg, (1914-16). He was a regent of the University of Wisconsin, (1906-19), president of the board of regents (1916-20) and vice president of the board of trustees of Hamline University, (1914-18). In 1918, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Irvine L. Lenroot, reelected to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1923. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he engaged in banking until his death at age 55 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin.

Name: Adolphus Peter Nelson
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1872
Residence Place: Wisconsin, USA
Elected Office(s): Representative, President, Vice President
Biography: a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Holmes City, near Alexandria, Douglas County, Minn., March 28, 1872; attended the public schools and was graduated from Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn., in 1897; moved to Grantsburg, Burnett County, Wis., in 1897; engaged in banking; regent of the University of Wisconsin 1906-1919 and president of the board of regents 1916-1920; president of the local school board 1910-1916; mayor of Grantsburg 1914-1916; vice president of the board of trustees of Hamline University 1914-1918; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Irvine L. Lenroot; reelected to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from November 5, 1918, to March 3, 1923; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1922; again engaged in banking in Grantsburg, Wis., until his death in that city August 21, 1927; interment in Riverside Cemetery.