Wyatt Aiken

Wyatt Aiken
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South 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
Died	February 6, 1923 (aged 59) Abbeville, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Court reporter
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1898
Rank	Private
Unit	First South Carolina Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War

Wyatt Aiken (December 14, 1863 – February 6, 1923) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for six terms from 1903 to 1917.

Biography

Wyatt Aiken was born near Macon, Georgia on December 14, 1863. Was the son of David Wyatt Aiken,^[1] who was the 3rd district's representative from 1877 to 1887. He was reared in Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood County). After attending the Cokesbury public schools and of Washington, D.C., he served as the official court reporter for the second South Carolina judicial circuit and, later, for the eighth circuit.

During the Spanish–American War, he volunteered as a private in Company A, First South Carolina Regiment of Infantry. He was appointed battalion adjutant by Governor Ellerbe and acted as regimental quartermaster during the greater portion of his service. On November 10, 1898, he was mustered out in Columbia, South Carolina.

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 in Abbeville, South Carolina, dying on February 6, 1923.

References

1. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 15.

External links

• AIKEN, Wyatt at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Wyatt Aiken at Find-A-Grave