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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.
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).
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Mar 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 America,” which one...
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 House , 2008), the ...
Dec 4, 2015 · 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.
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.
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Dec 23, 2013 · One person in particular decided this was a problem: Sen. Nelson Aldrich, chairman of the Senate finance committee. Aldrich knew there was something America could do so that it would no longer...
