George B. Nelson

George Bliss Nelson (May 21, 1876 – January 10, 1943)[1] was an American lawyer from Portage County, Wisconsin.

Nelson was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., in 1930.

He was elected to a full term on the court in 1935, and served until 1942, when his health began to fail.

He sent his formal resignation to the Governor in December 1942, and died a month later, on January 10, 1943.

Ruth was a daughter of the Episcopal bishop Reginald Heber Weller.