Chester Hardy Aldrich

Chester Hardy Aldrich (born November 10, 1862 in Pierpont , Ashtabula County , Ohio , † March 10, 1924 ) was an American lawyer and politician and between 1911 and 1913 the 17th governor of the state of Nebraska .

Early years

Aldrich attended Hillsdale College in Michigan and Ohio State University , which he successfully graduated in 1888. That same year he moved to Nebraska, where he studied law, worked as a high school teacher, and worked as a rancher. He was admitted to the bar in 1890. First, Aldrich settled in the community of Ulysses ; he later moved to David City , where he ran a law firm. In this city he was on the school board, in the local council and at times also mayor.

Political career

Aldrich was a member of the Republican Party . In 1906 he was elected to the Nebraska Senate and in 1910 he won the gubernatorial elections, beating Democrat James Dahlman with 52:45 percent of the vote . Aldrich's two-year term began on January 5, 1911 and ended on January 9, 1913. During his reign a program was launched to expand the road network, the health system was improved, referenda on local political processes were made possible at lower administrative levels and a committee to control the state organs were established.

Another résumé

After he was not confirmed in the 1912 gubernatorial elections, he resigned from office in January 1913 and worked as a lawyer. He was a judge on the Nebraska Supreme Court between 1918 and his death in 1924 . However, a long illness prevented him from exercising this office since June 1923. Chester Aldrich was married to Sylvia Stroman, with whom he had five children.

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personal data
SURNAME	Aldrich, Chester Hardy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Pierpont , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	March 10, 1924