Arthur E. Nelson

Arthur Emanuel Nelson
United States Senator from Minnesota
In office November 18, 1942 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	Joseph H. Ball
Succeeded by	Joseph Ball
Personal details
Born	(1892-05-10)May 10, 1892 Browns Valley, Minnesota
Died	Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Republican

Arthur Emanuel Nelson (May 10, 1892 – April 11, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician.

He graduated from Macalester College in 1912 and William Mitchell College of Law (then the St. Paul 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 (receiving 33.4% of the vote), 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 (who won the November 1942 election for the full six-year term from 1943 to 1949). Nelson served less than two months, from November 18, 1942 to January 3, 1943. He never sought re-election.

Notes

• Arthur E. Nelson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by Joseph H. Ball	United States Senator from Minnesota 1942–1943 Served alongside: Henrik Shipstead	Succeeded by Joseph Ball