Life span: 08/31/1829 to 04/25/1891TabsLife SummaryFull name: Homer Augustus NelsonPlace of Birth: Poughkeepsie, NYBurial Place: Poughkeepsie, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: Helen Jane Stearns (wife) Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US House of RepresentativesState legislatureState judgeOther state governmentMilitary: Union Army Events Major TopicsThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States Documents Images Homer Augustus Nelson Homer Augustus Nelson, detail Bibliography