Nathaniel Albertson (June 10, 1800 – December 16, 1863) was a 19th-century American politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1849 to 1851.

Biography

Born in

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, Albertson moved to

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, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the State House of Representatives from 1838 to 1840. He moved to Floyd County in 1835 and settled in Greenville, near New Albany, and resumed agricultural pursuits.

Congress

Albertson was elected as a

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to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851). As a congressman, he voted in favor of the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed agricultural pursuits. He moved to

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, in 1853 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He moved to

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, in 1856 and continued mercantile pursuits. He settled in

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, in 1860 and engaged in the hotel business. He also became interested in mining. He died in

, December 16, 1863. He was interred in Central City Graveyard.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Albertson, Nathaniel 1800 births 1863 deaths Politicians from Fairfax, Virginia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana People from Central City, Colorado 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly