His namesake "plan" was developed with Paul Warburg at the secret Jekyll Island Conference.  He was accused along with Arthur Gorman of taking corporate kickbacks in David Graham Phillip's Treason of the Senate.  Though he earlier declared it communistic, he later introduced an amendment for a national income tax and served as the first chairman of
His namesake "plan" was developed with Paul Warburg at the secret Jekyll Island Conference.  He was accused along with Arthur Gorman of taking corporate kickbacks in David Graham Phillip's Treason of the Senate.  Though he earlier declared it communistic, he later introduced an amendment for a national income tax and served as the first chairman of the National Monetary Commission. The father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr, he was elected to the Senate to replace the deceased Ambrose Burnside. FTP, name this senator from Rhode Island who sponsored an act with Vreeland which led to the formation of the Federal Reserve, and also sponsored a tariff bill with Representative Sereno Payne.
His namesake "plan" was developed with Paul Warburg at the secret Jekyll Island Conference.  
Nelson Aldrich