U.S. Congressman. Born in Macon, Georgia, he was the son on Civil War Confederate officer and U.S. Congressman, David Wyatt Aiken. During the Spanish-American War, he served in the South Carolina Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Army as regimental quartermaster. After the war, he was official court reporter for the second South Carolina judicial circuit. In 1903, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress and to the next six succeeding Congresses, serving until 1917. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he lived in retirement until his death at age 59 in Abbeville, South Carolina.
U.S. Congressman. Born in Macon, Georgia, he was the son on Civil War Confederate officer and U.S. Congressman, David Wyatt Aiken. During the Spanish-American War, he served in the South Carolina Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Army as regimental quartermaster. After the war, he was official court reporter for the second South Carolina judicial circuit. In 1903, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress and to the next six succeeding Congresses, serving until 1917. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he lived in retirement until his death at age 59 in Abbeville, South Carolina.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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