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NELSON WILMARTH ALDRICH
and in his later career he has been prominent in the discussion of financial topics. In 1898 he was made chairman of the committee on Rules, and was the Republican leader in the senate during the fifty-fifth Congress.
Senator Aldrich was married to Abby P. Greene, of Providence, October 9, 1866. They have a family of four children. In business life he has been prosperous. He has been president of the First National Bank of Providence since 1877, and of the Providence Board of Trade since 1878. He is connected with other banking institutions, and is a trustee of the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad Company.
