William Aiken, Jr.

William Aiken, Jr.

Infobox Person
name = William Aiken


caption =
birth_date = birth date|1806|1|28|mf=y
birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
dead=dead
death_date = death date and age|1887|9|6|1806|1|28|mf=y
death_place = Flat Rock, North Carolina, U.S.

William Aiken, Jr. (January 28, 1806 - September 6, 1887)was a governor of South Carolina. He served from 1844 to 1846.

He was the son of William Aiken Sr., the first president of the pioneering South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company. Unfortunately, William Sr. was killed in a Charleston carriage accident and never saw his namesake town of Aiken, SC. Aiken's first cousin, D. Wyatt Aiken served as a Confederate States Army officer and five-term U.S. Congressman. Aiken Jr. was married to Harriet Lowndes Aiken. He was a successful businessman and planter and lived in Charleston, South Carolina. His house, the Aiken-Rhett House, is part of the Historic Charleston foundation.

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/aiken.html SCIway Biography of William Aiken, Jr.]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=725d6c616656a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of William Aiken, Jr.]
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