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

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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

Image: Asbury C. Latimer Portrait at the

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