Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841-1915

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Personal name heading	Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841-1915 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Aldrich, Mr. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841-1915
Birth date	1841-11-06
Death date	1915-04-16
Place of birth	Foster (R.I.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Affiliation	Rhode Island. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance United States. National Monetary Commission Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Soldiers Legislators
Found in	His Against free wool, 1896: t.p. (Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, of Rhode Island) MoSU-L/NLT files (hdg.: Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, 1841-1915; usage: Mr. Aldrich) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed May 10, 2018 (Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, (father of Richard Steere Aldrich, cousin of William Aldrich, grandfather of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, and great-grandfather of John Davison Rockefeller), a Representative and a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Foster, R.I., November 6, 1841; attended the public schools of East Killingly, Conn., and the Academy of East Greenwich, R.I.; entered the wholesale grocery business in Providence; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in Company D, First Regiment, Rhode Island National Guard, in 1862; member of the city council 1869-1874, serving as president in 1872 and 1873; member of the State house of representatives in 1875 and 1876, elected speaker in 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, to October 4, 1881, when he resigned to become Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ambrose E. Burnside; reelected in 1886, 1892, 1898, and 1904, and served from October 5, 1881, to March 3, 1911; was not a candidate for reelection in 1911; chairman, Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fiftieth through Fifty-second, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses), Select Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Finance (Fifty-fifth through Sixty-first Congresses); chairman, National Monetary Commission (1908-1912); retired to Providence, R.I.; died in New York City, April 16, 1915; interment in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.)