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NELSON WILMARTH ALDRICH (1841- )

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NELSON WILMARTH
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ALDRICH (1841- )  ,
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American politician, was
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born at
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Foster, Rhode
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Island, on the 6th of
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November 1841 . His first
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political service was as a member (1869-1875) and
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president (1871-1872) of the
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Providence
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common
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council . He was a member of the
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lower
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house of the Rhode Island legislature in 1875 and 1876, and
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speaker in the, latter
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year . By this
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time he had become a
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power in Republican
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state politics, and in 1878 and 188o was elected to
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Congress .
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Early in his second
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term he was chosen
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United States senator, and was re-elected in 1886, 1892, 1898 and 1905 . In the
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Senate he was looked upon as the
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special representative of the high protective
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industries and moneyed interests, and he took a prominent
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part in all legislation dealing with the
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tariff, banking and the
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merchant marine .

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