Cyrus Aldrich

Republican Representative of Minnesota

Congresses Served

House Terms

June 18, 1808 (63 years old)

Birthday

October 5, 1871

Death

Was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and moved to Illinois in 1837 before settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1855.
Held various occupations including sailor, boatman, farmer, contractor on public works, and mail contractor.
Served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847.
Was the register of deeds of Jo Daviess County from 1847 to 1849.
Engaged in the lumber business upon moving to Minneapolis.
Elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1863.
Served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs during the Thirty-seventh Congress.
Did not seek renomination in 1862 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1863.
Became a member of the Minnesota State House of Representatives in 1865 and was elected chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Minneapolis the same year.
Appointed by Abraham Lincoln as one of the commissioners to examine claims for indemnity from the Dakota War of 1862.
Served as postmaster of Minneapolis from September 11, 1867, until April 15, 1871.
Died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 5, 1871.
The city of Aldrich, Minnesota, is named after him.
Married to Clara A. Heaton with whom he had four children: three daughters and one son.