William Farrington Aldrich (March 11, 1853 – October 30, 1925) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Alabama

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, brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great-great-grandfather of William J. Edwards.

Born in Palmyra, New York

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, Aldrich attended the public schools of his native city.
He moved with his father to New York City in 1865.
He attended several schools, and was graduated from Warren's Military Academy

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 in Poughkeepsie, New York

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, in 1873.
He moved to Alabama in 1874.
He engaged in mining and manufacturing.
Built up the town that bears his name.
He successfully contested as a Republican

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 the election of Gaston A. Robbins

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 to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

 Congress and served from March 13, 1896, to March 3, 1897.
He successfully contested the election of Thomas S. Plowman

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 to the Fifty-fifth

55th United States Congress

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 Congress and served from February 9, 1898, to March 3, 1899.
He again successfully contested the election of Gaston A. Robbins to the Fifty-sixth

56th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

 Congress and
served from March 8, 1900, to March 3, 1901.
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900.
He was editor, owner, and publisher of the Birmingham (Alabama) Times.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention

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 at Chicago in 1904.
He engaged in the development of mineral lands until his death in Birmingham, Alabama

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, October 30, 1925. The remains were cremated and deposited in the family vault located in Rock Creek Cemetery

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, Washington, D.C.

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