Truman H. Aldrich

Truman Heminway Aldrich ( born October 17, 1848 in Palmyra, Wayne County, New York, † April 28, 1932 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama ) was an American politician ( Republican). He was the brother of U.S. Representative William Farrington Aldrich.

Life

Truman Heminway Aldrich attended public schools, the military academy at West Chester ( Pennsylvania) and graduated in 1869 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy (New York). Then he worked as an engineer in New York and New Jersey. Aldrich moved in 1871 to Selma ( Alabama), where he pursued banking and coal mining operations. He became in 1892 Vice President and Managing Director of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. In addition, he was the founder of the Cahaba Coal Mining Co.

Aldrich also pursued a political career. He has successfully challenged the election of Oscar W. Underwood in the 54th U.S. Congress, where he served until March 3, 1897 June 9, 1896. Aldrich decided in 1896 against a candidacy for the 55th U.S. Congress. U.S. President Taft appointed him on September 1, 1911 Postmaster of Birmingham, a position which he held until 15 December 1915. Aldrich took 1904 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in part. Then he worked during World War II as a dollar -per -year man for the War Industries Board. Then he went after a job as a mining engineer and geologist.

Truman Heminway Aldrich died in 1932 in Birmingham and was buried there on the Elmwood Cemetery.