Nathan Olmsted

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Nathan Olmsted (October 17, 1812 – April 15, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born in Davenport, New York, Olmsted moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1838 and settled in Belmont, Wisconsin Territory. He was a lawyer and served as justice of the peace. Olmsted served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1851 and 1853. He died in Belmont, Wisconsin.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1877,' pg. 158, 162'Report of the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin State Bar Association at Madison, Wisconsin, February 2–3, 1900,' Taylor and Gleason Book and Job Printers, Madison, Wisconsin: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Nathan Olmsted, pg. 334