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|name = Nils P. Haugen
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| office = Member of the {{nowrap|[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|4|23|1849|3|9}}
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| death_place = [[Madison, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Forest Hill Cemetery (Madison, Wisconsin)|Forest Hill Cemetery]]<br />Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
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'''Nils Pederson Haugen''' (March 9, 1849 – April 23, 1931) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Wisconsin]]. He was a leading member of the [[Progressive Movement]] and a national expert on [[tax reform]].<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2462&keyword=haugen ''Dictionary of Wisconsin History'' (Wisconsin Historical Society)]</ref> The village of [[Haugen, Wisconsin]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Callary|first1=Edward|title=Place Names of Wisconsin|publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press|location=Madison WI|isbn=978-0-299-30964-0|page=116}}</ref>
'''Nils Pederson Haugen''' (March 9, 1849{{spaced ndash}}April 23, 1931) was a [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian American]] immigrant, lawyer, and politician. He served four terms in the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing western [[Wisconsin]]. He was a leading member of the [[Progressive Movement]] in Wisconsin and a national expert on [[tax reform]].<ref name="wihist">{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS8559 |title= Haugen, Nils Pederson 1849 - 1931 |website= [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] |date= 8 August 2017 |accessdate= November 21, 2021 }}</ref> The village of [[Haugen, Wisconsin]], in [[Barron County, Wisconsin|Barron County]], was named after him.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Callary|first1=Edward|title=Place Names of Wisconsin|year=2016|publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press|location=Madison WI|isbn=978-0-299-30964-0|page=116}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Born in [[Modum]], [[Buskerud]], [[Norway]], Haugen immigrated to the United States in 1854 with his parents. They settled in [[Pierce County, Wisconsin]] in 1855. Haugen attended [[Luther College (Iowa)|Luther College]], in [[Decorah, Iowa]]. Haugen graduated from the law department of the [[University of Michigan]] in 1874. He was admitted to the [[Bar (law)|bar]] the same year and commenced practice in [[River Falls, Wisconsin]]. He also served for several years as a court reporter for the 8th and later the 11th judicial circuits.<ref>''Wisconsin's Legal History: Part VIII'' (Wisconsin Lawyer. State Bar of Wisconsin) [http://www.wisbar.org/am/template.cfm?section=wisconsin_lawyer&template=/cm/contentdisplay.cfm&contentid=35873] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118204203/http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Wisconsin_Lawyer |date=2010-01-18 }}</ref>
Born in [[Modum]], [[Buskerud]], [[Norway]], Haugen immigrated to the United States in 1854 with his parents. They settled in [[Pierce County, Wisconsin]], in 1855. Haugen attended [[Luther College (Iowa)|Luther College]], in [[Decorah, Iowa]]. Haugen graduated from the law department of the [[University of Michigan]] in 1874. He was admitted to the [[Bar (law)|bar]] the same year and commenced practice in [[River Falls, Wisconsin]]. He also served for several years as a court reporter for the 8th and later the 11th judicial circuits.<ref>''Wisconsin's Legal History: Part VIII'' (Wisconsin Lawyer. State Bar of Wisconsin) [http://www.wisbar.org/am/template.cfm?section=wisconsin_lawyer&template=/cm/contentdisplay.cfm&contentid=35873] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118204203/http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Wisconsin_Lawyer |date=2010-01-18 }}</ref>


Haugen's former home, the [[William T. Leitch House]], is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38700 ''Leitch House'' (Historical Marker Database.org)]</ref> The house was also home to [[Madison, Wisconsin]] Mayors [[William T. Leitch]] and [[Moses Ransom Doyon]].
Haugen's former home, the [[William T. Leitch House]], is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38700 ''Leitch House'' (Historical Marker Database.org)]</ref> The house was also home to [[Madison, Wisconsin]], mayors [[William T. Leitch]] and [[Moses Ransom Doyon]].


Haugen wed the former Ingeborg "Belle" Rasmussen in Saint Croix county, Wisconsin in 1875.
Haugen wed the former Ingeborg "Belle" Rasmussen in Saint Croix county, Wisconsin in 1875.


==Career==
==Career==
Haugen served in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in 1879 and 1880. He was the [[Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner]] from 1882 until 1887. In 1887, Haugen was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Congressman to the [[Fiftieth Congress]]. He was elected as the representative of [[Wisconsin's 8th congressional district]]. Haugen was reelected to the [[51st Congress|Fifty-first]], [[52nd Congress|Fifty-second]], and [[53rd Congress|Fifty-third]] [[United States Congress|Congresses]]. In his last congressional term, he represented the newly created [[Wisconsin's 10th congressional district]], following redistricting. Overall he served from March 4, 1887 until March 3, 1895. He did not seek renomination in 1894 but was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for [[Governor of Wisconsin]].<ref>Mary J. Buhle, Paul Buhle, Harvey J. Kaye (eds.). ''The American Radical''. New York: Routledge, 1994.</ref>
Haugen served in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in 1879 and 1880. He was the [[Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner]] from 1882 until 1887. In 1887, Haugen was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Congressman to the [[Fiftieth Congress]]. He was elected as the representative of [[Wisconsin's 8th congressional district]]. Haugen was reelected to the [[51st Congress|Fifty-first]], [[52nd Congress|Fifty-second]], and [[53rd Congress|Fifty-third]] [[United States Congress|Congresses]]. In his last congressional term, he represented the newly created [[Wisconsin's 10th congressional district]], following redistricting. Overall he served from March 4, 1887, until March 3, 1895. He did not seek renomination in 1894 but was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for [[Governor of Wisconsin]].<ref>Mary J. Buhle, Paul Buhle, Harvey J. Kaye (eds.). ''The American Radical''. New York: Routledge, 1994.</ref>


Haugen was often associated with and served as a political ally of [[Robert M. La Follette, Sr.]] Wisconsin [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] dissidents who joined La Follette became known as the [[Progressivism in the United States|Progressive]] faction. Progressives stressed the need for more direct voter control and championed consumer rights. Their call for reform gained more support after the [[Panic of 1893]] shook up the economic, class, and ethnic assumptions held by many Americans. In 1894, the Progressives began to openly campaign for leadership of the Republican Party in Wisconsin. Nils Haugen sought the party nomination for governor in 1894 and Robert La Follette followed in 1896 and 1898.<ref>''Autobiography'' (Robert La Follette, Chapter V . Country Life Press: Garden City, N.Y., 1912) [http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/260lafol.html]</ref><ref>''Fond du Lac's Anti-La Follette Movement, 1900-1905''. Fond du Lac Public Library by Matthew J. Crane [http://www.fdlpl.org/davis_books/anti-lafollette.html#4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725201304/http://www.fdlpl.org/davis_books/anti-lafollette.html#4 |date=2008-07-25 }}</ref>
Haugen was often associated with and served as a political ally of [[Robert M. La Follette, Sr.]] Wisconsin [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] dissidents who joined La Follette became known as the [[Progressivism in the United States|Progressive]] faction. Progressives stressed the need for more direct voter control and championed consumer rights. Their call for reform gained more support after the [[Panic of 1893]] shook up the economic, class, and ethnic assumptions held by many Americans. In 1894, the Progressives began to openly campaign for leadership of the Republican Party in Wisconsin. Nils Haugen sought the party nomination for governor in 1894 and Robert La Follette followed in 1896 and 1898.<ref>''Autobiography'' (Robert La Follette, Chapter V . Country Life Press: Garden City, N.Y., 1912) [http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/260lafol.html]</ref><ref>''Fond du Lac's Anti-La Follette Movement, 1900-1905''. Fond du Lac Public Library by Matthew J. Crane [http://www.fdlpl.org/davis_books/anti-lafollette.html#4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725201304/http://www.fdlpl.org/davis_books/anti-lafollette.html#4 |date=2008-07-25 }}</ref>


After La Follette was elected governor of Wisconsin, he appointed Haugen to the Tax Commission in 1901. Haugen served on the Wisconsin State Tax Commission throughout the Progressive era, from 1901 until 1921. During that time he made the commission an important part of the Progressive movement. In 1915 Haugen helped preserve the law's strength by persuading Gov. [[Emanuel Philipp]] not to transfer collection activities from the commission to local governments. From 1919 until 1920, Haugen served as president of the National Tax Association, a nonpartisan, educational association that studies tax theory and public finance. Haugen was adviser to the State of [[Montana]] Board of Equalization from 1921 to 1923. He died April 23, 1931 in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], where he was interred in [[Forest Hill Cemetery (Madison, Wisconsin)|Forest Hill Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ntanet.org/about-nta/past-presidents.html |title=''Past Presidents of the NTA'' (National Tax Association) |access-date=2009-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126001441/http://ntanet.org/about-nta/past-presidents.html |archive-date=2010-01-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After La Follette was elected governor of Wisconsin, he appointed Haugen to the Tax Commission in 1901. Haugen served on the Wisconsin State Tax Commission throughout the Progressive era, from 1901 until 1921. During that time he made the commission an important part of the Progressive movement. In 1915 Haugen helped preserve the law's strength by persuading Gov. [[Emanuel Philipp]] not to transfer collection activities from the commission to local governments. From 1919 until 1920, Haugen served as president of the National Tax Association, a nonpartisan, educational association that studies tax theory and public finance. Haugen was adviser to the State of [[Montana]] Board of Equalization from 1921 to 1923. He died April 23, 1931, in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], where he was interred in [[Forest Hill Cemetery (Madison, Wisconsin)|Forest Hill Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ntanet.org/about-nta/past-presidents.html |title=''Past Presidents of the NTA'' (National Tax Association) |access-date=2009-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126001441/http://ntanet.org/about-nta/past-presidents.html |archive-date=2010-01-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Other sources==
==Other sources==
*Brandes, Stuart Dean. ''Nils P. Haugen and the Wisconsin Progressive Movement'' (Master’s thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1925)
*Brandes, Stuart Dean. ''Nils P. Haugen and the Wisconsin Progressive Movement'' (Master's thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1925)
*Brøndal, Jørn. ''Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics: Scandinavian Americans and the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1914''. (Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 2004)
*Brøndal, Jørn. ''Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics: Scandinavian Americans and the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1914''. (Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 2004)
*Haugen, Nils Pederson. ''Pioneer and Political Reminiscences''. (Evansville, Wis.: The Antes Press, 1930)
*Haugen, Nils Pederson. ''Pioneer and Political Reminiscences''. (Evansville, Wis.: The Antes Press, 1930)


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/archives/search.aspx?area=browse&volume=12&articleID=6626 Wisconsin Historic Society]
*[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=6720&CISOSHOW=6626 ''The Wisconsin magazine of history'': Volume 12, number 4, June 1929]
*[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=6720&CISOSHOW=6626 The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 12, number 4, June 1929]
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Nils P. Haugen
Nils P. Haugen in 1912
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byJohn J. Jenkins
ConstituencyWisconsin's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893
Preceded byHugh H. Price
Succeeded byLyman E. Barnes
ConstituencyWisconsin's 8th district
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Pierce district
In office
January 6, 1879 – January 3, 1881
Preceded byCharles A. Hawn
Succeeded byFranklin L. Gilson
Personal details
Born(1849-03-09)March 9, 1849
Modum, Norway
DiedApril 23, 1931(1931-04-23) (aged 82)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (Progressive)

Nils Pederson Haugen (March 9, 1849 – April 23, 1931) was a Norwegian American immigrant, lawyer, and politician. He served four terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing western Wisconsin. He was a leading member of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin and a national expert on tax reform.[1] The village of Haugen, Wisconsin, in Barron County, was named after him.[2]

Background

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Born in Modum, Buskerud, Norway, Haugen immigrated to the United States in 1854 with his parents. They settled in Pierce County, Wisconsin, in 1855. Haugen attended Luther College, in Decorah, Iowa. Haugen graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1874. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in River Falls, Wisconsin. He also served for several years as a court reporter for the 8th and later the 11th judicial circuits.[3]

Haugen's former home, the William T. Leitch House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4] The house was also home to Madison, Wisconsin, mayors William T. Leitch and Moses Ransom Doyon.

Haugen wed the former Ingeborg "Belle" Rasmussen in Saint Croix county, Wisconsin in 1875.

Career

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Haugen served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1879 and 1880. He was the Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner from 1882 until 1887. In 1887, Haugen was elected as a Republican Congressman to the Fiftieth Congress. He was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. Haugen was reelected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses. In his last congressional term, he represented the newly created Wisconsin's 10th congressional district, following redistricting. Overall he served from March 4, 1887, until March 3, 1895. He did not seek renomination in 1894 but was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for Governor of Wisconsin.[5]

Haugen was often associated with and served as a political ally of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Wisconsin Republican Party dissidents who joined La Follette became known as the Progressive faction. Progressives stressed the need for more direct voter control and championed consumer rights. Their call for reform gained more support after the Panic of 1893 shook up the economic, class, and ethnic assumptions held by many Americans. In 1894, the Progressives began to openly campaign for leadership of the Republican Party in Wisconsin. Nils Haugen sought the party nomination for governor in 1894 and Robert La Follette followed in 1896 and 1898.[6][7]

After La Follette was elected governor of Wisconsin, he appointed Haugen to the Tax Commission in 1901. Haugen served on the Wisconsin State Tax Commission throughout the Progressive era, from 1901 until 1921. During that time he made the commission an important part of the Progressive movement. In 1915 Haugen helped preserve the law's strength by persuading Gov. Emanuel Philipp not to transfer collection activities from the commission to local governments. From 1919 until 1920, Haugen served as president of the National Tax Association, a nonpartisan, educational association that studies tax theory and public finance. Haugen was adviser to the State of Montana Board of Equalization from 1921 to 1923. He died April 23, 1931, in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Haugen, Nils Pederson 1849 - 1931". Wisconsin Historical Society. August 8, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison WI: The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.
  3. ^ Wisconsin's Legal History: Part VIII (Wisconsin Lawyer. State Bar of Wisconsin) [1] Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Leitch House (Historical Marker Database.org)
  5. ^ Mary J. Buhle, Paul Buhle, Harvey J. Kaye (eds.). The American Radical. New York: Routledge, 1994.
  6. ^ Autobiography (Robert La Follette, Chapter V . Country Life Press: Garden City, N.Y., 1912) [2]
  7. ^ Fond du Lac's Anti-La Follette Movement, 1900-1905. Fond du Lac Public Library by Matthew J. Crane [3] Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Past Presidents of the NTA (National Tax Association)". Archived from the original on January 26, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2009.

Other sources

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  • Brandes, Stuart Dean. Nils P. Haugen and the Wisconsin Progressive Movement (Master's thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1925)
  • Brøndal, Jørn. Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics: Scandinavian Americans and the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1914. (Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 2004)
  • Haugen, Nils Pederson. Pioneer and Political Reminiscences. (Evansville, Wis.: The Antes Press, 1930)
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Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by
Charles A. Hawn
 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Pierce district
January 6, 1879 – January 3, 1881 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1893 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
District Created
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 10th congressional district
March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 		Succeeded by
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