Mark Aldrich

Mark Aldrich
Mark Aldrich
Mayor of Tucson, Arizona
In office
1861
Personal details
Born(1802-01-22)January 22, 1802
Warren County, New York
DiedSeptember 21, 1873(1873-09-21) (aged 71)
Tucson, Arizona
Resting placeTucson, Arizona
Political partyWhig

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.