Background
Sheldon, Addison Erwin was born on April 15, 1861 in Sheldon, Minnesota, United States. Son of Rolland Fuller and Mary Adel (Hassett) Sheldon.
Sheldon, Addison Erwin was born on April 15, 1861 in Sheldon, Minnesota, United States. Son of Rolland Fuller and Mary Adel (Hassett) Sheldon.
Doane College, Nebraska, 1881-1882. Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska, 1902, Master of Arts, 1904. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1919.
Editor public Burnett (Nebraska) Blade, 1884-1886, Chadron Advocate and Chadron Signal, 1888-1897. Member Nebraska House of Representatives, 1897. Director Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau, May 1, 1906-1921.
Active in law forbidding further sale of school land, 1897.
Advocated Unicameral Legislature for Nebraska, 1914 (adopted 1934). Superintendent, secretary Nebraska State History Society, since 1917.
War correspondent, Europe, 1918-1919. Lecturer on Nebraska history and institutions, University of Nebraska.
Member Nebraska Conservation and Public Welfare Commission.
Secretary Nebraska Workman’s Compensation Commission, 1912-1913. President Nebraska Writers Guild, 1937. Congregationalist.
Member Nebraska House of Representatives, 1897. Member American History Association, American Political Science Association, American Economic Association, American Sociological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Nebraska Academy Sciences, Nebraska Ethnology and Folk-Lore Society, Nebraska Society, Sons of the American Revolution Clubs: Commercial, Kiwanis, University of Nebraska, Laymen’son
Married Jennie A. Denton, October 18, 1884 (died July 20, 1897). Married second, Margaret East. Thompson, September 19, 1907. Children: Lynn (deceased), Esther (deceased), Philip Lisle, Ruth.