Joel Foster Nason (August 31, 1827December 3, 1908) was an

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farmer,

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politician, and

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pioneer. He was a member of the

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, representing the northwest corner of the state in the 1885 and 1887 sessions.

Biography

Joel Nason was born on August 31, 1827, in

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. He had little education in his early years, but attended an academy in

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, and worked as a teacher before moving to the west. He came to Wisconsin in April 1850 and settled at

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where he initially worked as a lumberman before cultivating a farm. He served as a county commissioner from 1861 to 1863, and was elected county clerk in 1865, 1867, and 1869. He was appointed receiver at the

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in St. Croix Falls in 1871, and was re-appointed in 1875, 1879, and 1883. In 1884, he was elected to the

running on the

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ticket. He represented the 24th State Senate district, which then-comprised most of northwestern Wisconsin—Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix, and Washburn counties—and served in the

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and 1887 sessions of the Legislature. He died in 1908 at

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Electoral history

Wisconsin Senate (1884)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nason, Joel F. 1827 births 1908 deaths People from Washington County, Maine People from St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin People from Osceola, Wisconsin Republican Party Wisconsin state senators 19th-century American legislators 19th-century Wisconsin politicians