Nathaniel Albertson
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Biography
Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Albertson moved to Salem, Indiana, 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 Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851). As a congressman, he voted in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act.[1] 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 Keokuk, Iowa, in 1853 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He moved to Boonville, Missouri, in 1856 and continued mercantile pursuits. He settled in Central City, Colorado, in 1860 and engaged in the hotel business. He also became interested in mining.
He died in Central City, Colorado, December 16, 1863. He was interred in Central City Graveyard.
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- 1800 births
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- 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