Andrew C. Olson

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Andrew C. Olson (March 30, 1866 – July 17, 1920) was a state senator for Minnesota's 14th district serving Cottonwood and Jackson counties.{{cite web|title=Olson, Andrew C.|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=11370|work=Legislators Past and Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=June 8, 2012}}

Olson was born in Winneshiek County, Iowa. He was of Norwegian immigrant heritage. He moved with his parents Karl Olson and Ingeborg (Simonsdatter) Olson to Jackson County, Minnesota in 1868. He was educated at Minnesota Common Schools. He was a farmer with interests in a general store and grain elevator.

He served in the Minnesota Senate from 1911 to 1914. He was preceded by Henry Hanson{{cite web|title=Hanson, Henry E.|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=13205|work=Legislators Past and Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=June 8, 2012}} and succeeded by Charles Gillam.{{cite web|title=Gillam, Charles W. "C.W."|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=13004|work=Legislators Past and Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=June 8, 2012}} In addition to his service as a senator, he served as a county commissioner of Jackson County.