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Augustus E. Alden (1837–1886) was an American Radical Republican politician. He served as the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1867 to 1868.
He was born in Augusta, Maine, in 1837.[1] His father was Col. Darius Alden and his mother, Caroline Nickerson.[1]
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Alden served as a unionist from Minnesota and Maine.[2][3]
During William Gannaway Brownlow's campaign for Governor of Tennessee in 1865, he acted as a registrar for Davidson County.[2] Alden served as the mayor of Nashville from 1867 to 1868.[4] Historians have argued Governor Brownlow staged Alden's Nashville Mayoral election of 1867.[5] Others have argued he won the election thanks to African-American voters.[2] When Mayor William Matt Brown (1865-1867) accused him of stealing the election, Governor Brownlow sent General Joseph Alexander Cooper to calm the situation down and let Alden move into his new office.[2]
He married Amanda Sparling on October 19, 1871.[1] They had no children.[1] He died on April 23, 1886, in Seattle, Washington.[1]
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