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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinGaylord Anton NELSON
(1916-2005)
Senate Years of Service:
1963-1981Party: DemocratNELSON, Gaylord Anton, a
Senator from Wisconsin; born in Clear Lake, Polk County, Wis., June
4, 1916; attended the public schools of Clear Lake; graduated from
the San Jose (Calif.) State College in 1939 and from the University
of Wisconsin Law School in 1942; admitted to the Wisconsin bar the
same year; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant in
the United States Army for four years, serving overseas in the
Okinawa campaign; engaged in the practice of law in Madison, Wis.,
in 1946; elected to the State senate in 1948, 1952, and 1956, and
served as Democratic floor leader for four years; Governor of
Wisconsin 1959-1962; elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate in November 1962 for the term commencing January 3, 1963;
subsequently served out his term as Governor until January 7, 1963,
and commenced his term in the Senate on January 8, 1963; reelected
in 1968 and 1974 and served from January 8, 1963, to January 3,
1981; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980; chairman,
Select Committee on Small Business (Ninety-third through
Ninety-sixth Congresses), Special Committee on Official Conduct
(Ninety-fifth Congress); founder of Earth Day 1970; counselor, The
Wilderness Society, Washington, D.C.; awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 29, 1995; was a resident of
Kensington, Md., until his death due to cardiovascular failure on
July 3, 2005; remains cremated and buried in family plot in Clear
Lake, Wisconsin.
Bibliography
Nelson, Gaylord, with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak. Beyond
Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise. Madison: University of
Wisconsin Press, 2002; Christofferson, Bill. The Man from Clear
Lake: Earth Day Founder Gaylord Nelson. Madison: University of
Wisconsin Press, 2004.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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