Aldrich, Cyrus
contractor, public official, congressman, was born in June, 1808, in Smithfield, R. I. He received a common-school education; followed the various occupations of a sailor, a boatman, a farmer, a contractor on public works, and a mail contractor; was a member of the Illinois legislature, and also a register of deeds and register of the land office at Dixon, in that state, for four years. Having removed to Minnesota, he was a member of the constitutional convention of that state and member of the county board of Hennepin county, in that state. He was elected a representative from Minnesota to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses. After leaving congress he was appointed commissioner to settle claims against the Sioux Indians.
In 1867 he was appointed postmaster at Minneapolis, Minn.