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Oscar Nelson (April 22, 1874 – April 2, 1951) was a Chicago City Alderman, one-time Auditor for the state of Illinois, and interim president of the Building Service Employees International Union, the precursor of the Service Employees International Union, in 1927.〔"Oscar Nelson, 76, banker and G.O.P. Aid, Dies," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' April 3, 1951.〕 Nelson was born in Sweden. He emigrated to the United States and got a job as a delivery boy. He held employment as a grocery clerk, foundry worker and railway worker, but finally went into the banking industry and eventually became president of the Geneva State Bank and head of the Kane Co. Bankers' Association.〔〔"Oscar Nelson, 1926-1933," History of the Office, Illinois Comptroller, State of Illinois, no date.〕 Nelson became a Chicago alderman in the early 1920s.〔 He was accused in 1933 of having links to Al Capone, but the charges were never proven.〔"Capone Effort to Influence Judge Charged," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' February 25, 1933.〕 Nelson succeeded the union's founding president, William Quesse, a close friend and political backer who had died of cancer on February 16, 1927.〔"W.F. Quesse, Labor Chief, Dies of Cancer," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' February 16, 1927.〕 Nelson resigned due to health concerns on September 3, 1927.〔Wren, "Horan Succeeds Oscar Nelson As Janitors' Chief," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' September 4, 1927.〕 Jerry Horan, a BSEIU organizer whose primary job was to act as Quesse's chauffeur,〔Fitch, ''Solidarity For Sale,'' 2006.〕 was elected Nelson's successor on September 6, 1927.〔"Horan Installed As Head of Flat Janitor Union," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' September 7, 1927.〕 A Republican, Nelson was appointed a member of the Republican National Committee's platform drafting panel in 1937.〔"100 Philosophers," ''Time,'' December 27, 1937.〕 He was elected state treasurer in 1922.〔 In 1924, Nelson won election as the Auditor for the state of Illinois and re-elected in 1928.〔 In 1931, Nelson was tried on charges of malfeasance for refusing to close banks even though he knew they were in poor financial condition. Nelson was acquitted after a state court ruled juries had no jurisdiction over state officers.〔 Nelson retired from electoral politics in 1932, but continued to serve in a number of appointed capacities (most notably on a factory conversion commission after World War II).〔 He was president and owner of the Unity Oil & Gas Corporation.〔 Oscar Nelson died (most probably of a heart attack) in his home in Geneva, Illinois, in 1951.〔 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oscar Nelson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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