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About William Aiken
William Aiken Jr. was an American statesman, planter, and Southern Unionist who served as the 61st governor of South Carolina from 1844 to 1846. He also served in the state legislature and the United States House of Representatives, running unsuccessfully for speaker of the House in 1856 in "the longest and most contentious Speaker election in House history."
Everything about William Aiken →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- United States representative, Governor of South Carolina
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 28, 1806
- Died
- September 6, 1887