Aldrich, James
legislator, jurist, was born July 25, 1850, in Barnwell, S. C., and is the son of James Thomas Aldrich.
In 1872 he graduated from the Washington and Lee university of Lexington, Va. He was a member of the South Carolina legislature from 1878 to 1889, missing one term only through sickness. In 1889 he was elected circuit judge of the second circuit of South Carolina; he was reelected in 1893, and is now the presiding judge. He has always taken an interest in educational matters, and has done considerable literary work, and has published numerous addresses, essays and articles on various topics.