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

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from

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. Nicholson was born on Feb. 22, 1859 in

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, he attended the public schools there and moved to

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and then to

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and later, in 1881, to

Leadville, Colorado The City of Leadville is a statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 2,602 at the 2010 census and an estimated ...

. Nicholson became interested in

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, and advanced from miner to foreman, superintendent, manager, and then president of the

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. He discovered the

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that bears his name, Nicholsonite. From 1893 to 1897, Nicholson was the

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of Leadville; he moved to

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in 1902. In 1914 and 1916, he was an unsuccessful candidate for

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. During the

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, he served as State chairman of the

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and

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campaigns, and was a member of the

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. He was elected as a

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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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson, Samuel D. 1859 births 1921 deaths People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Mayors of places in Colorado Republican Party United States senators from Colorado Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian people of Scottish descent Colorado Republicans People from Leadville, Colorado

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