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Nelson Rathbun (January 14, 1814 – May 6, 1893) was an American politician, physician and Methodist minister. A Whig, he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1846 to 1848, representing the 19th district.

Early life
Rathbun was born on January 14, 1814, in Champaign County, Ohio, to John Tillinghast Rathbun, a physician, and Lydia Rathbun (née Brown). He studied medicine in his youth.

Career
Rathbun joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1828, and received a license to preach in 1836. He moved to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1839. He was ordained as a deacon in 1841. He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives on October 26, 1846, to represent the 19th district, which at the time constituted only Cedar County, and was appointed to the Claims Committee and the Road and Highways Committee. In 1864, he moved to Marion, Iowa, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was made an elder of the church in 1881. Outside of his political career, he practiced medicine and was active in church work, and was also a postmaster and a justice of the peace.

Personal life
Rathbun married Eleanor Fox in 1836 and had five children. He died at the age of 79 on May 6, 1893, in Marion, outliving his wife by over 11 years.