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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ /; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major decisions of the ...
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Apr 12, 2024 · Nelson W. Aldrich (born November 6, 1841, Foster, Rhode Island, U.S.—died April 16, 1915, New York City, New York) was an American Republican politician and financier who represented Rhode Island in the U.S. House of Representatives (1879–81) and later the Senate (1881–1911). His work on the Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Act of 1908 and his ...
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Mar 10, 2022 · March 10, 2022. Nelson W. Aldrich Jr., an author and magazine editor who unsparingly scrutinized his fellow heirs to America’s aristocracy, primarily in “Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in ...
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Dec 4, 2015 · Postscript. In November 1910, six men – Nelson Aldrich, A. Piatt Andrew, Henry Davison, Arthur Shelton, Frank Vanderlip and Paul Warburg – met at the Jekyll Island Club, off the coast of Georgia, to write a plan to reform the nation’s banking system. The meeting and its purpose were closely guarded secrets, and participants did not admit ...
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major decisions of the Senate, along with Orville H. Platt, William B. Allison, and John Coit Spooner. Because of his impact on ...
Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island rose from the position of grocery clerk to become one of the most powerful senators of his era. Elected to the Senate in 1881, he chaired the Committee on Finance from 1898 to 1911, becoming an influential expert on the economy. He sponsored the Aldrich-Vreeland Act which established the National Monetary Commission.
Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich Jr. (April 11, 1935 – March 8, 2022) was an American editor and author. He was noted for writing Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in America (Alfred A. Knopf, 1988; Allworth Press, 1996), Tommy Hitchcock: An American Hero (Fleet Street Corporation, 1985), as well as George, Being George ( Random ...
