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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or NELSON WILMARTH ALDRICH (1841-), American politician, was born at Foster, Rhode Island, on the 6th of November 1841. His first political service was as a member (1869-1875) and president (1871-1872) of the Providence common council. He was a member of the lower house of the Rhode Island legislature in 1875 and 1876, and speaker in the latter year. By this time he had become a power in Republican state politics, and in 1878 and 1880 was elected to Congress. Early in his second term he was chosen United States senator, and was re-elected in 1886, 1892, 1898 and 1905. In the Senate he was looked upon as the special representative of the high protective industries and moneyed interests, and he took a prominent part in all legislation dealing with the tariff, banking. and the merchant marine.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/n/nelson-wilmarth-aldrich.html. 1910.
