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Deeply committed to the efficiency model of the Progressive Era , he believed that his financial and trade policies would lead to greater efficiency. Reformers, however, denounced him as representative of the evils of big business.

His daughter Abigail married into the Rockefeller family , and his descendants, including namesake Nelson A. Rockefeller , became powerful figures in American politics and banking. His father was Anan E. Aldrich, a mill hand, and mother Abby Burgess. He attended public schools in East Killingly, Conn. Aldrich's first job was clerking for the largest wholesale grocer in the state, where he worked his way up to become a partner in the firm.

Aldrich's company served for three months at Fort DeRussy , which was part of the defenses of Washington, D. Aldrich was mustered out of service with the regiment on September 1, They had a total of eleven children. By , Nelson had a major effect on state politics, even before his election to the United States Congress. In the Republican bosses of Rhode Island endorsed him for the US House of Representatives; he won and served one term, to In he was elected to the U.

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Senate by the Rhode Island legislature. He served in the Senate for 30 years from to By the s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major decisions of the Senate, along with Orville H. Platt of Connecticut, William B. Aldrich's main power base was his chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee which oversaw bank regulation and monetary policy. Morgan 's loyal ally. The panic of led to the passage of the Aldrich—Vreeland Act in , which established the National Monetary Commission , sponsored and headed by Aldrich.

After issuing a series of 30 reports, this commission drew up the Aldrich Plan, forming the basis for the Federal Reserve system. New Continuation Series from author M. He has to deal with adolescence, his sexuality, the loss of friends and abuse as he figures out his place in the world. He finds himself dealing with things he never wanted to or planned on dealing with. He manages to bring order back to his life, just to be confronted with an old face from the past.

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