Asbury Churchwell Latimer (July 31, 1851February 20, 1908) was a

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and

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from

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. Born near

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, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 1880 moved to

Belton, South Carolina Belton is a city in eastern Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,134 at the 2010 census. History In 1845 a group was created to connect the Piedmont region of South Carolina by rail to the existing rail system wh ...

and devoted his time to farming. Latimer was elected as a

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to the Fifty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903). He did not seek renomination in 1902, having become a candidate for US Senator. He was elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1903, until his death in 1908. During his service in the Senate, he was appointed in 1907 a member of the

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. He died of

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in 1908; interment was in Belton Cemetery,

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Asbury Churchwell Latimer, late a senator from South Carolina, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1909
{{DEFAULTSORT:Latimer, Asbury 1851 births 1908 deaths Deaths from peritonitis Democratic Party United States senators from South Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century American politicians

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