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Preceded by
  
Political party
  
Resting place
  
Belton

Succeeded by
  
Party
  
Democratic Party

Preceded by
  
Role
  
U.S. senator

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Asbury Latimer


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Born
  
July 31, 1851Lowndesville, South Carolina (
1851-07-31
)

Died
  
February 20, 1908, Washington, D.C., United States

Asbury Churchwell Latimer (July 31, 1851 – February 20, 1908) was a United States Representative and Senator from South Carolina. Born near Lowndesville, South Carolina, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 1880 moved to Belton, South Carolina and devoted his time to farming.

Latimer was elected as a Democrat 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 United States Immigration Commission.

He died in of peritonitis in Washington, D.C. in 1908; interment was in Belton Cemetery, Belton, South Carolina.

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