Nils P. Haugen

Nils P. Haugen
Nils P. Haugen in 1912
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 10th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	District Created
Succeeded by	John J. Jenkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th district
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by	Hugh H. Price
Succeeded by	Lyman E. Barnes
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office 1879-1880
Personal details
Born	(1849-03-09)March 9, 1849 Modum, Norway
Died	April 23, 1931(1931-04-23) (aged 82) Madison, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican Progressive

Republican

Nils Pederson Haugen (March 9, 1849 – April 23, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. He was a leading member of the Progressive Movement and a national expert on tax reform.

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.

Haugen's former home, the William T. Leitch House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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 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.