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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) — also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of the United States" — of Providence, Providence County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent County, R.I. Born in Foster, Providence County, R.I., November 6, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; director, Roger Williams Bank; president, First National Bank of Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad; organizer and president, United Traction and Electric Company; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, from an apoplectic stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 16, 1915 (age 73 years, 161 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Anan Evans Aldrich and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich; married, October 9, 1866, to Abby Pearce Truman Chapman; father of Richard Steere Aldrich and Winthrop Williams Aldrich; grandfather of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller; great-grandfather of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller.   Political family: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Aldrich Hall (built 1953), at the Harvard University Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: Library of Congress   Amos Chafee Barstow (1813-1894) — also known as Amos Barstow — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., April 30, 1813. Whig. Manufacturer; founder, Barstow Stove Company; president, City National Bank of Providence; president, Mechanics Savings Bank; president, Providence Gas Company; president, Mechanics Mutual Fire Insurance Company; co-owner, Providence Warehouse Company; mayor of Providence, R.I., 1852-53; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1860; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1870-71. Congregationalist. Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Providence, Providence County, R.I., September 5, 1894 (age 81 years, 128 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Barstow and Sophia (Chafee) Barstow; married, May 28, 1834, to Emeline Mumford Eames.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Frederick Willard Easton (1852-1940) — also known as Frederick W. Easton — of Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 17, 1852. Republican. Manufacturer; president, Pawtucket Gas Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1908. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., May 31, 1940 (age 87 years, 227 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Nicholas Redwood Easton and Maria (Eddy) Easton; married, October 4, 1876, to Agnes Frieze Barker.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Alfred Henry Littlefield (1829-1893) — also known as Alfred H. Littlefield — of Lincoln, Providence County, R.I. Born in Scituate, Providence County, R.I., April 2, 1829. Republican. Dry goods merchant; thread and yarn manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1878-79; Governor of Rhode Island, 1880-83; president, First National Bank of Pawtucket; president, Pawtucket Gas Company; president, Pawtucket Street Railway. Died in Central Falls, Providence County, R.I., December 21, 1893 (age 64 years, 263 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of John Littlefield and Deborah (Himes) Littlefield; married, February 9, 1853, to Rebecca Jane Northup; fourth cousin of George Washington Greene; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Burrows, Jared Lewis Rathbone, Charles Stetson and Isaiah Stetson.   Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Frederic Moseley Sackett Jr. (1868-1941) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 17, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; president, Louisville Gas Co. and Louisville Lighting Co., 1907-12; president, Pioneer Coal Co. and Black Star Coal Co.;; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928 (chair, Committee on Permanent Organization); U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1930-33. Unitarian. Died in Baltimore, Md., May 18, 1941 (age 72 years, 152 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Frederic Moseley Sackett and Emma Louisa (Paine) Sackett; married, April 12, 1898, to Olive Speed (fourth great-granddaughter of Joshua Fry).   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Frederick Sackett: Bernard V. Burke, Ambassador Frederick Sackett and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic, 1930-1933

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