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 HERRI>G SHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Aiken, D. Wyatt, soldier, congressman, was born March 17, 1828. He served in the confederate army during the civil war from 1861 until disabled by wounds. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in 186-t, and again in 1866. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention of 1876. In 1877-87 he was a representative from South Carolina to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses. He died April 6, 1887, in Cokesburg, S.C. Aiken, E. Clarence, lawyer, public official, was born May 6, 1856, in Seipio, N.Y. He was educated at the Auburn high school; and at the university of Rochester, N.Y. He has attained success in the practice of law in Auburn, N.Y.; and has been mayor of that city. He has been president of the board of education of Auburn, N.Y.; and treasurer of the Auburn telephone company. He is a member of the New York state bar association; and in 1904 was a delegate to the universal congress of lawyers and jurists held in St. Louis, Mo.

Aiken, Frank Eugene, manager, actor, was born Aug. 31, 1840, in Boston, Mass. In 187173 he was the owner and managers of Aiken's theater of Chicago, 111.; and prior to that time was manager of the old Wood's museum. He often appeared with Edwin Booth in Shakespearean and romantic plays. He is now under the management of Charles

Frohman. Aiken, William, state senator, governor, in 1806 in Charleston, S.C. He was a member of the state legislature in 1838-44; and was governor of South Carolina in 184446. In 1851-57 he was a representative from South Carolina to the thirty-second, thirtythird and thirty-fourth congresses. He was considered one of the most successful rice planters in his native state; and was one of the leading men of his state who did not take part in the rebellion. He was also noted for his liberality, benevolence and culture. He died Sept. 7, 1887, in Flat Rock, N.C.

was born

Aiken, William Martin, designer, architect, was born April 1, 1853, in Charleston, S.C. In 1895-97 he was supervising architect of the United States treasury department and

since 1897 has been a practicing architect of New York City. He was concerned in the designing and erection of the mint buildings

at Philadelphia and Denver; and numerous postofRce and custom-house buildings. Aiken, Wyatt, court reporter, congressman, was born Dec. 14, 1863. He served in

the Spanish-American war in the Abbeville volunteers. In 1903-11 he was a representative from South Carolina to the flfty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat.

philanth1833, in North Adams, Mass. In 1887-93 she was editor of of the Woman's World, a special department

Aikens, Mrs.

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Amanda

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the Evening Wisconsin of Milwaukee, Wis., of which publication her husband is one of the proprietors. She was president of the

board of local charities and corrections; and

was two years president of

of the

woman's club

Milwaukee, Wis. She was one of the

or-

woman's republican club Wisconsin; and for twenty-five years was

ganizers of the

first

in identified as officer or director with the art science class. She died in 1893 in Milwaukee,

Wis. Aikens,

Andrew Jackson, manufacturer,

journalist, was born Oct. 31, 1830, in Barnard, Vt. In 1856 he was city editor of the Evening Wisconsin of Milwaukee, Wis.; and in 1864 the firm of Cramer, Aikens and Cramer commenced publication of the patent insides with advertisements, being the only pioneer house in the business. He is still editor-in-chief of the Evening Wisconsin.

Aikins, Herbert Austin, educator, author, 1, 1867, in Toronto, Canada. In 1887 he graduated from the university of Toronto; and subsequently received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale university. In 189091 he was lecturer on the history of philosophy at Yale university; in 1891-93 he was professor of logic and philosophy at Trinity college of North Carolina; and since 1893 has been professor of philosophy at the Western Reserve university of Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of The Principles of Logic; and other works. Aikman, Hugh, peace advocate, was born July 11, 1790, in Nova Scotia. He was for a number of years president of the New York marine bible society; and was also a member of the New York peace society. He was notable for his earnestness in advocating the principle of peace in the intercourse of nations with each other. He died in 1867 in

was born March

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Aikman, Walter Monteith, engraver, artist, was born in 1857 in New York City. He received medals for engraving at the Paris exposition of 1889; at the World's Columbian exposition of 1893; and in 1901 received a

medal for original engraving on wood at the Pan-American exposition. Aikman, William, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 13, 1834, in New York City. In 1846 he graduated from the New York university; and he subsequently received the degree of D.D. from of that institution learning. He has filled pastorates in presbyterian churches in Newark, N.J. in Wilmington, Del.; in New York City; in Detroit, Mich.; and in Atlantic City, N.J. He is the author of Our Country Strong in Her Isolation; Seductive Power of the Romish Ritsilver