The Political Graveyard: Nicollet County, Minn.

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Nicollet County
Minnesota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nicollet County

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Lake Prairie Township Norseland Lutheran Cemetery

St. Peter Greenhill Cemetery

St. Peter Nicollet County Courthouse Grounds

St. Peter Woodlawn Cemetery

Norseland Lutheran Cemetery
Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

Lauritz Selmer Swenson (1865-1947) — also known as Lauritz S. Swenson — of Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in New Sweden, Nicollet County, Minn., June 12, 1865. Son of Swen Swenson. Republican. School principal; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1908 (alternate); U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1897-1905, resigned 1905; Switzerland, 1910-11; Norway, 1911-13, 1921-30; Netherlands, 1931-34. Lutheran. Died, of heart disease, in a hospital at Oslo, Norway, November 3, 1947 (age 82 years, 144 days). Interment at Norseland Lutheran Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of Swen Swenson; nephew of Lars Swenson; brother of Carl Ludvig Swenson and Oscar Adolph Swenson. See Swenson family of Minnesota.

Oscar Adolph Swenson (1877-1951) — also known as Oscar A. Swenson — of Nicollet, Nicollet County, Minn. Born in Nicollet County, Minn., March 27, 1877. Son of Swen Swenson. Farmer; secretary-manager of New Sweden Creamery Association; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1913-28 (20th District 1913-14, 15th District 1915-28); Speaker of the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1931; member of Minnesota state senate 15th District, 1937-49. Died in 1951 (age about 74 years). Interment at Norseland Lutheran Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Swen Swenson; nephew of Lars Swenson; brother of Lauritz Selmer Swenson and Carl Ludvig Swenson. See Swenson family of Minnesota.
		Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

Swen Swenson (1836-1905) — of Nicollet County, Minn. Born in Hol, Hallingdal, Norway, November 29, 1836. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives 17th District, 1887. Died in New Sweden, Nicollet County, Minn., March 4, 1905 (age 68 years, 95 days). Interment at Norseland Lutheran Cemetery.

Relatives: Brother of Lars Swenson; father of Lauritz Selmer Swenson, Carl Ludvig Swenson and Oscar Adolph Swenson. See Swenson family of Minnesota.

Greenhill Cemetery
St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

John Albert Johnson (1861-1909) — also known as Albert Johnson — of St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn. Born in a log cabin, near St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn., July 28, 1861. Democrat. Candidate for Minnesota state house of representatives 17th District, 1888; member of Minnesota state senate 20th District, 1899-1902; Governor of Minnesota, 1905-09; died in office 1909; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1908. Presbyterian. Swedish ancestry. Member, Elks; Woodmen. Died in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., September 20, 1909 (age 48 years, 54 days). Interment at Greenhill Cemetery; statue at State Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.; statue at Nicollet County Courthouse Grounds.

Nicollet County Courthouse Grounds
St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Politicians who have monuments here:

Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

Charles Russell Davis (1849-1930) — also known as Charles R. Davis — of St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn. Born in Pittsfield, Pike County, Ill., September 17, 1849. Republican. Lawyer; Nicollet County Attorney; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 17th District, 1889; member of Minnesota state senate 17th District, 1891-95; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1903-25. Died in Washington, D.C., July 29, 1930 (age 80 years, 315 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married 1874 to Emma Haven.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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