Wyatt Aiken | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Asbury Latimer |
| Succeeded by | Frederick H. Dominick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 14, 1863 Bibb County, Georgia, United States |
| Died | February 6, 1923(1923-02-06) (aged 59) Abbeville, South Carolina, United States |
| Party | Democratic |
| Profession | Court reporter |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1898 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Wyatt Aiken (December 14, 1863 – February 6, 1923) was elected to theU.S. House of Representatives forSouth Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for six terms from 1903 to 1917.
Wyatt Aiken was born nearMacon, Georgia on December 14, 1863.[1] He was the son ofDavid Wyatt Aiken,[2] who was the 3rd district's representative from 1877 to 1887. He was reared inCokesbury,Abbeville County (nowGreenwood County). After attending the Cokesbury public schools and ofWashington, D.C., he served as the official court reporter for the second South Carolina judicial circuit and, later, for the eighth circuit.
During theSpanish–American War, he volunteered as a private in Company A, First South Carolina Regiment of Infantry. He was appointed battalion adjutant byGovernor Ellerbe and acted as regimental quartermaster during the greater portion of his service. On November 10, 1898, he was mustered out inColumbia, South Carolina.[1]
Aiken was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1917). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916 and again in 1918.
Following his retirement, he lived inAbbeville, South Carolina. Aiken died on February 6, 1923.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 3rd congressional district 1903–1917 | Succeeded by |
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