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]