Elba Chase Nelson

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Hampshire
Support
Communism
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Biography

Elba Chase Nelson was the 1938 Communist gubernatorial candidate in New Hampshire, prosecuted under the state's 1951 anti-subversion law. She was charged for refusing to answer the attorney-general's subversion probe.

Case

Charges: Contempt (refusal to answer the New Hampshire attorney-general's subversion probe)
Sentence: Prosecuted under the 1951 anti-subversion law.
Convicted: Prosecuted under the New Hampshire anti-subversion law.

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