Richard S. Aldrich

Richard S. Aldrich

Richard Steere Aldrich (born February 29, 1884 in Washington, DC , † December 25, 1941 in Providence , Rhode Island ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1933 he represented the second constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Aldrich came from a prominent family of politicians. He was a descendant of John Steere , one of the earliest settlers in Providence. His father Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915) represented the state of Rhode Island in both chambers of Congress between 1879 and 1911 . Through his sister Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , he was the brother-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the uncle of the future US Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller . His younger brother Winthrop was a banker and from 1953 to 1957 American ambassador to Great Britain .

Aldrich attended Providence public schools and graduated from Hope Street High School in 1902 . By 1906 he studied at Yale University . After studying law at Harvard University and being admitted to the bar in 1911, he began to work in his new profession in New York . In 1913 he returned to Providence, where he also worked as a lawyer. Between 1914 and 1916 he was a Republican MP in the Rhode Island House of Representatives ; from 1916 to 1918 he was a member of the State Senate . During the First World War , he served in a Red Cross unit in France that took care of wounded soldiers.

In 1922, Aldrich was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second district of Rhode Island. There he took over from Walter Russell Stiness on March 4, 1923 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933. There he was part of the foreign affairs committee. In 1932 he renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in Congress, Aldrich returned to work as a lawyer. He was also on the supervisory boards of several insurance companies and banks. From 1918 he was also a director of the Providence Journal Company . Richard Aldrich died on December 25, 1941 in Providence and was buried there.

Web links

• Richard S. Aldrich in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard S. Aldrich in the database of Find a Grave (English)