Samuel D. Nicholson

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Samuel Danford Nicholson
United States Senator
from Colorado
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 24, 1923
Preceded byCharles S. Thomas
Succeeded byAlva B. Adams
Personal details
Born(1859-02-22)February 22, 1859
Springfield, Prince Edward Island, Province of Canada
DiedMarch 24, 1923(1923-03-24) (aged 64)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859 – March 24, 1923) was a

United States senator from Colorado
.

Nicholson was born on Feb. 22, 1859 in

Springfield, Prince Edward Island, British North America, he attended the public schools there and moved to Michigan and then to Nebraska and later, in 1881, to Leadville, Colorado
.

Nicholson became interested in

Western Mining Company. He discovered the zinc ore that bears his name, Nicholsonite
.

From 1893 to 1897, Nicholson was the

Liberty Loan and Victory loan campaigns, and was a member of the United States Fuel Administration. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Denver on March 24, 1923. His interment was in Fairmount Cemetery
in Denver.

See also

References

  • United States Congress. "Samuel D. Nicholson (id: N000101)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Party political offices
Preceded by
Class 3)
1920
Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Colorado

1921–1923
Succeeded by