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'''Asbury Churchwell Latimer''' ([[July 31]], [[1851]] - [[February 20]], [[1908]]) was a [[United States Representative]] and [[United States Senate|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 [[USDemocrat|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 [[Dillingham Commission|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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