Alvin Alden Explained

Alvin Alden
State Assembly:Wisconsin
District:Columbia 1st
Term Start:January 4, 1858
Term End:January 3, 1859
Predecessor:George M. Bartholomew
Successor:Gysbert Van Steenwyk Sr.
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:1 March 1818
Birth Place:Stafford, Connecticut or Stamford, Connecticut
Death Place:Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
Restingplace:Silver Lake Cemetery,

Alvin Blodgett Alden (March 1, 1818August 18, 1882) was an American businessman, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was mayor of Portage, Wisconsin, in 1861 and represented western Columbia County in the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1858 legislative term.

Born in Stafford, Connecticut or Stamford, Connecticut,[1] Alden moved to Randolph, Wisconsin Territory in 1844 and then moved to Portage, Wisconsin in 1851.[1] He worked for the Wisconsin Secretary of State as an insurance clerk and a loan agent for the North Western Life Insurance Company. He served as mayor of Portage, Wisconsin. In 1858, Alden served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat.[1] Alden died in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary . The Wisconsin State Register . August 19, 1982 . Portage, WI . 2 . . August 10, 2021.
  2. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1848-1999
  3. 'Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' vol. X, Democrat Printing Company: Madison, Wisconsin, 1888, pg. 486