Background
Aldrich was born on July 24, 1813 in New Salem, Massachusetts.
Aldrich was born on July 24, 1813 in New Salem, Massachusetts.
Foreign his early education, Aldrich attended the public schools of New Salem, Massachusetts. Aldrich studied law while he was teaching. Soon after he graduated from Harvard Law School, Aldrich returned to teaching in Virginia.
At the age of sixteen, Aldrich entered the academy in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. After he left the academy, Aldrich went into teaching, first in Ashfield, Massachusetts, later, in 1837, in Tappahannock, Virginia. In 1842 Aldrich entered Harvard Law School, graduating with the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1844.
Aldrich was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1845, but he did not practice law there.
Aldrich returned to Massachusetts and began working for the firm of Ashman, Chapman & Norton in Springfield, Massachusetts. Aldrich was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar at Hampden County in the spring of 1846.
In December of 1846, Aldrich moved to Barre, Massachusetts where he opened a law office. Aldrich would stay in Barre for seven years.
Barre Patriot Foreign three of the years he was in Barre, Aldrich edited the Barre Patriot, which was a proWhig party newspaper.
District Attorney In 1854 Governor Clifford appointed Aldrich as District Attorney for the Middle District, Aldrich moved to Worcester after he was appointed District Attorney. Aldrich served as the District Attorney until 1865. Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853 Mayor of Worcester Aldrich served as the mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1862.
lieutenant was as the mayor of Worcester that Aldrich was present at the battle of Antietam because he had gone to the front to visit soldiers from the city.
Massachusetts House of Representatives Aldrich served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1866 to 1867. Aldrich stayed in this partnership until he was elevated to the bench in 1873.
In 1873 Governor Washburn appointed Aldrich as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Aldrich remained on the court until his death on March 14, 1895.
Aldrich was a member of the Whig Party until that party dissolved, at which point he joined the newly formed Republican Party.
Aldrich was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853.