Knute Nelson 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.
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson, age 12, and his mother Ingebjørg Haldorsdatter Grotland, c. 1855.
Civil war photograph of Nelson
1882 print of Nelson
Alexandria is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,335 as of the 2020 census. Alexandria is near I-94, along Minnesota State Highways 27 and 29. It is ten miles south of Lake Carlos State Park.
Alexandria Post Office (historic)
Statue of Big Ole the Viking, greeting visitors to Alexandria
Alexandria Technical & Community College