Cyrus Aldrich
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Cyrus Aldrich (June 18, 1808 – October 5, 1871) was a
U.S. Representative from Minnesota
.
Aldrich was born in
Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863) where he was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirty-seventh Congress). Aldrich was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1863 to the United States Senate. He became a member of the State house of representatives in 1865; elected chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Minneapolis in 1865; appointed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 one of the commissioners to examine claims for indemnity of those who had suffered from the Dakota War of 1862
, and was postmaster of Minneapolis, Minnesota, from September 11, 1867, until April 15, 1871, when a successor was appointed; died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5, 1871.
He is the namesake of the city of Aldrich, Minnesota.[1]
He was married to Clara A. Heaton and the couple had 4 children together; 3 daughters and 1 son.
References
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 560.
- United States Congress. "Cyrus Aldrich (id: A000081)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.