Nelson Aldrich

Nelson Aldrich (1841-1915) was a liberal Republican United States Senator from Rhode Island. He was the leader of his party in the Senate during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. He was the maternal grandfather of Nelson Rockefeller. He was a freemason. He sponsored the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill. 

Category:1841 births
Category:1915 deaths
Category:American esotericists
Category:Freemasons
Category:United States senators from Rhode Island
Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians