William F. Aldrich

Former residence of William F. Aldrich in Washington, DC

William Farrington Aldrich (born March 11, 1853 in Palmyra , Wayne County , New York , † October 30, 1925 in Birmingham , Jefferson County , Alabama ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He was the brother of Truman H. Aldrich and great-great-grandfather of William J. Edwards , also a congressman for Alabama.

Career

William Farrington Aldrich attended public school in his hometown. He then moved to New York City with his father in 1865 , where he attended several schools and finally graduated from Warren's Military Academy in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1873 . The following year he moved to Alabama, where he did mining and manufacturing businesses. He also built the city of Aldrich , which bears his name.

Aldrich also pursued a political career. He successfully challenged the re-election of Gaston A. Robbins ( 54th and 56th US Congresses ) and the election of Thomas S. Plowman ( 55th US Congress ) to the US Congress twice. Aldrich served in the US House of Representatives from March 13, 1896 to March 3, 1897, then from February 9, 1898 to March 3, 1899, and finally from March 8, 1900 to March 3, 1901. He declined to run again in 1900 for the US Congress.

He then worked as the editor, owner and publisher of the Birmingham Times . He attended the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1904 . Furthermore, he occupied himself with the development of the raw material deposits until his death in 1925. His body was cremated and buried in the family vault in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC .

Web links

• William F. Aldrich on the website of www.archive.org
• William F. Aldrich in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William F. Aldrich in the database of Find a Grave (English)