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Rhode Island’s longest-serving senators include Nelson Aldrich (1881-1911), Theodore Francis Green (1937-1961), and Claiborne Pell (1961-1997). When Theodore Francis Green left the Senate in 1961, at the age of 93, he was at the time the oldest person to serve in the Senate. Among those who rose to leadership positions is Henry B. Anthony, who served as the Senate’s president pro tempore ...
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) was the powerful senior Republican Senator (1881-1911) from Rhode Island during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. The two men tangled when Aldrich blocked Roosevelt’s progressive legislative initiatives. Aldrich was born in the small town of Foster, Rhode Island, to Abby Burgess and Anan Aldrich. After ...
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 ...
The Nelson W. Aldrich House, also known as the Dr. S. B. Tobey House, is a Federal-style house at 110 Benevolent Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The house was the home of Nelson W. Aldrich, a U.S. Senator from 1881 to 1911. Aldrich was a dominant and controversial figure in the Senate, exercising significant ...
The files, 1908-1912, of the National Monetary Commission (2,362 items; 4,724 images) from the papers of U.S. representative and senator from Rhode Island Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915) are part of a larger collection available for research use onsite in the Manuscript Reading Room of the Library of Congress. Established by the Aldrich-Vreeland Act of 1908, the National Monetary Commission was ...
17. März 2007 · Aldrich Mansion. Aldrich Mansion is situated on a majestic seventy-five acre estate on scenic Narragansett Bay. Built during the "Golden Years" of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, a Rhode Island native born to poverty but destined for greatness. The estate once held a Teahouse, since destroyed by fire. It was here Abby Aldrich, one of the Senator’s ...
A painting depicting the "Battle of Lake Erie" by William Henry Powell was unveiled in the east stairway of the Capitol's Senate wing. The painting features United States Navy Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who was born and raised in Rhode Island. Perry earned the title "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory ...
