Cyrus Aldrich

Cyrus Aldrich

Cyrus Aldrich (born June 18, 1808 in Smithfield , Rhode Island , †  October 5, 1871 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1863 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cyrus Aldrich attended the public schools in his home country. After that he practiced various professions. Among other things, he was a seaman, farmer, contract partner for work in the public service and at the post office. In 1837 he moved to Alton , Illinois . He also began a political career in his new home. Between 1845 and 1847 Aldrich was a member of the House of Representatives from Illinois ; from 1847 to 1849 he was employed as a notary public in Jo Daviess County . He then worked for the Federal Land Registry in Dixon until 1853 . In 1855 Aldrich moved to Minneapolis in what was then the Minnesota Territory , where he worked in the timber industry. In 1857 he participated in the Minnesota Constituent Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 .

In the congressional elections of 1858 Aldrich was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded William Wallace Phelps on March 4, 1859 . After re-election in 1860, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1863 . These were initially determined by the heated discussions leading up to the civil war and then, from 1861, by the war itself. From 1861 Aldrich was chairman of the Indian committee.

In 1862 Aldrich renounced another candidacy. Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate in 1863 . In 1865 he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. In the same year he became chairman of the Minneapolis City Council. From 1863 he was federal commissioner to investigate claims that arose from a campaign against the Sioux in 1862. From September 1867 to April 15, 1871, Cyrus Aldrich was a post holder in Minneapolis. He died a few months after leaving this position on October 5, 1871.

Web links

• Cyrus Aldrich in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Cyrus Aldrich in the database of Find a Grave (English)