Arthur E. Nelson

Who was Arthur E. Nelson?

Arthur Emanuel Nelson was an American lawyer and politician.

He graduated from Macalester College in 1912 and William Mitchell College of Law in 1915. He also served briefly in the U.S. Army from August to November 1918.

Nelson was elected Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1922. He served one four-year term. Nelson unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate as a Republican in 1928 against Henrik Shipstead, but was elected fourteen years later, in November 1942 to finish out the term of deceased Senator Ernest Lundeen, which had temporarily been filled by appointee Joseph H. Ball. Nelson served less than two months, from November 18, 1942 to January 3, 1943. He never sought re-election.