# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/knute-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:29:54.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/knute-nelson"
name: "Knute Nelson"
slug: "knute-nelson"
description: "Knute Nelson was a Norwegian-born American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures and to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and served as the 12th governor of Minnesota from 1893 to 1895. Having served in the Senate for 28 years, 55 days, he is the longest-serving Senator in Minnesota's history."
tagline: "American politician (1842-1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NELSON%2C_K._SENATOR_LCCN2016856187_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1843-02-02"
deathDate: "1923-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.886898666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Knute Nelson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Knute Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson"
    title: "Knute Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نات نلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson"
    title: "Knute Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%98_%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "קנוט נלסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson"
    title: "Knute Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson"
    title: "Knute Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson"
    title: "Knute Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Nelson"
    title: "Knute Nelson"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888190"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump