Rensselaer Russell Nelson

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Rensselaer Russell Nelson was a 19th-century American jurist who served as a United States federal judge, notably on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

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Rensselaer Russell Nelson canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American judge ⓘ
United States federal judge ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy James Buchanan ⓘ
barAdmission 1849 ⓘ
New York ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
commissionReceivedDate 1858-05-11 ⓘ
confirmationDate 1858-05-11 ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1826-05-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1904-10-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Yale College ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
endTimeOfPosition_Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 1896-05-16 ⓘ
familyName Nelson ⓘ
father Samuel Nelson ⓘ
fatherOccupation Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork federal judiciary ⓘ
law ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Rensselaer ⓘ
jurisdiction District of Minnesota ⓘ
legalEducationMethod reading law ⓘ
memberOf United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ
middleName Russell ⓘ
nominatedOn 1858-02-25 ⓘ
notableFor long tenure as a federal district judge in Minnesota ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cooperstown, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
politicalContext served during the late 19th century ⓘ
positionHeld Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ
predecessor newly created seat ⓘ
previousPosition United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota Territory ⓘ
county attorney for Douglas County, Wisconsin ⓘ
private practice lawyer in Buffalo, New York ⓘ
private practice lawyer in Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory ⓘ
reasonForEndOfService retirement ⓘ
residence Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition_Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 1858-05-11 ⓘ
studiedLawUnder Samuel Nelson ⓘ
successor William Lochren ⓘ
workLocation Minnesota ⓘ
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ

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Samuel Nelson → child → Rensselaer Russell Nelson ⓘ