Edgar Aldrich

Edgar Aldrich
Edgar Aldrich
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
	In office; February 20, 1891 – September 15, 1921
Appointed by	Benjamin Harrison
Preceded by	Daniel Clark
Succeeded by	George Franklin Morris
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
	In office; 1884-1885
Personal details
Born	Edgar Aldrich; February 5, 1848; Pittsburg, New Hampshire
Died	September 15, 1921 (aged 73); Littleton, New Hampshire
Education	University of Michigan Law School (LL.B.); read law

Edgar Aldrich (February 5, 1848 – September 15, 1921) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Education and career

Born in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, Aldrich read law in 1866 and received a Bachelor of Laws from University of Michigan Law School in 1868.[1] He was in private practice of law in Colebrook, New Hampshire, from 1868 to 1881, also serving as a county solicitor for Coos County, New Hampshire from 1872 to 1879. From 1881 to 1889, he was in private practice in Littleton, New Hampshire. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1884 to 1885.[2]

Aldrich was nominated by President Benjamin Harrison on February 16, 1891, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire vacated by Judge Daniel Clark. Aldrich was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 20, 1891, and received his commission the same day. Aldrich served until his death on September 15, 1921, in Littleton.[2]

Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 20
Edgar Aldrich at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Daniel Clark	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire 1891–1921	Succeeded by George Franklin Morris

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