Aldrich, Mary Jane
temperance reformer, lecturer, was born March 19, 1833, in Sidney Plains, N. Y. She has been president of the woman's christian temperance union of Iowa, of which she is now corresponding secretary; has lectured extensively, and was a member of the national convention of 1890, held in Cleveland, Ohio.
ALDRICH, NELSON WILMARTH, merchant, United States senator, was born Nov. 6, 1841, in Foster, R. I. He received an academic education; engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was president of the common council of Providence, R. I., in 1872 and 1873. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1875 and 1876, serving as speaker during the latter year. He was elected a representative from Rhode Island to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh. congresses, and resigned in 1881 to take his seat as a senator of the United States from Rhode Island for the term of six years from March 4, 1881, and received the re-election in 1886 and in 1893.