Wyatt Aiken

Wyatt Aiken (born December 14, 1863 in Macon , Georgia , † February 6, 1923 in Abbeville , South Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1917 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wyatt Aiken was the son of D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), who had served in Congress for South Carolina between 1877 and 1887 . Wyatt grew up in Cokesbury, South Carolina. He attended public schools there and in Washington, DC . He later became a court reporter in South Carolina. In 1898 he took part in the Spanish-American War .

Politically, Aiken became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1902 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of South Carolina, where he succeeded Asbury Latimer on March 4, 1903 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1917 . During this time the 16th and 17th amendments to the constitution were discussed and passed there. It was about the nationwide income tax and the direct election of the US senators .

In 1916 he was not nominated by his party for another term. In 1918 he tried again unsuccessfully to nominate his party for the congressional elections. Then he withdrew into his retirement. Wyatt Aiken died in Abbeville on February 6, 1923.

Web links

• Wyatt Aiken in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Wyatt Aiken in the database of Find a Grave (English)