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History of Racine County WisconsinSelect a City, Town, Village or Township: No Data Yet -- Coming Soon! Our database does not include an historic photo for Racine County Wisconsin, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Martin Nelson Johnson Martin Nelson Johnson, representative, was born in Racine county, Wis., March 3, 1850; son of Nelson and Anna (Selheim) Johnson. He removed to Iowa in 1850 and was graduated from the State University of Iowa, A.B., 1873, LL.B., 1876. He taught in the California Military academy, Oakland, 1873-75, and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He was a representative in the 15th general assembly of Iowa, 1877; state senator, 1878-82, and presidential elector on the Hayes ticket in 1876. He removed to Dakota Territory in 1882 and took up government land, on which he thereafter resided. He was elected district attorney of Nelson county, Dakota Territory, in 1886 and 1888; a member of the constitutional convention of North Dakota in 1889; chairman of the first Republican state convention, 1889, and in November of that year received forty-two out of a total of eighty votes for U.S. senator at the Republican legislative caucus, but was defeated in the joint convention. He was a representative at large in the 52d, 53d, 54th, 55th congresses, 1891-98, and was succeeded by Burleigh Folsom Spalding, Republican. Local History and Genealogy Links: |
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