William Aldrich

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = William Aldrich

|image = WilliamAldrich.jpg

|caption =

|state = Illinois

|district = {{ushr|Illinois|1|1st}}

|term_start = March 4, 1877

|term_end = March 3, 1883

|predecessor = Bernard G. Caulfield

|successor = Ransom W. Dunham

|office1 = Member of the Chicago City Council from the 3rd ward

|term_start1 = 1876

|term_end1 = 1877

| alongside1 =

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

|state2 = Wisconsin

|state_assembly2 = Wisconsin

|district2 = Manitowoc 1st

| term_start2 = January 12, 1859

| term_end2 = January 11, 1860

| predecessor2 = Henry C. Hamilton

| successor2 = Joseph Rankin

|office3 = Chairman of the Manitowoc County Board

| term_start3 = 1857

| term_end3 = 1858

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1820|1|19}}

|birth_place = Greenfield, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1885|12|3|1820|1|19}}

|death_place = Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S.

| restingplace = Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago, Illinois

|spouse = {{unbulleted list

| Anna Mary (Howard) Aldrich

| (died 1911)

}}

|children = {{unbulleted list

| William Howard Aldrich

| {{sup|(b. 1847; died 1915)}}

| James Franklin Aldrich

| {{sup|(b. 1853; died 1933)}}

| Charles Benjamin Aldrich

| {{sup|(b. 1855; died 1861)}}

| Frederick Clement Aldrich

| {{sup|(b. 1862; died 1948)}}

}}

| father =

| mother = Mercy (Farnum) Aldrich

|party = Republican

}}

William Aldrich (January 19, 1820 – December 3, 1885) was an American Republican politician who served as Congressman from the state of Illinois.

Biography

He was born in Greenfield Center in the Town of Greenfield in New York. He attended local schools and taught school himself.

Aldrich moved to Michigan and then to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where he worked as a shopkeeper and manufacturer.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000086 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] He served as superintendent of schools from 1855 to 1856 and chairman of the county board of supervisors from 1857 to 1858. In 1859 he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1861 and opened another shop.

He served as congressman from 1877 to 1883 after having earlier served in the Chicago City Council in 1876.

Aldrich died in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. His son, James Franklin Aldrich also became a Congressman, holding the same congressional seat as his father.