in creating the Department of Commerce and Labor and the 1898 passage of the Nelson Bankruptcy Act, and served on the Overman Committee from 1918 to 1919. Serving from 1895 to 1923, he was a senator from the 54th through the 67th congresses. He was an active senator until his death in 1923 en route by train from Washington, D.C., to his hometown of Alexandria, where he was buried. See also Knute Nelson Memorial Park List of United States senators born outside the United States List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States References Minnesota Legislators Past and Present Biographical information and his gubernatorial records are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society. External links Knute Nelson in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia 1843 births 1923 deaths People from Voss Norwegian emigrants to the United States Wisconsin Democrats Wisconsin Republicans Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota Republican Party United States senators from Minnesota Republican Party governors of Minnesota Governors of Minnesota Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Minnesota state senators People from Alexandria, Minnesota Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin Lawyers from Madison, Wisconsin People from Palmyra, Wisconsin People from Koshkonong, Wisconsin 19th-century American lawyers American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War