Mark Aldrich | |
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 Mark Aldrich | |
| Mayor of Tucson, Arizona | |
| In office 1861 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 22, 1802 Warren County, New York |
| Died | September 21, 1873 (aged 71) Tucson, Arizona |
| Resting place | Tucson, Arizona |
| Political party | Whig |
Mark Aldrich (January 22, 1802 – September 21, 1873) was a founder of Warsaw, Illinois, and a politician: Illinois state senator for the Whig Party, the first American mayor of Tucson, Arizona, and a three-term territorial senator in Arizona. He was one of five defendants tried and acquitted in Illinois of the murder in 1844 of Joseph Smith, who was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.