David D. Aitken

David Demerest Aitken (* September 5, 1853 in Flint, Michigan, † May 26, 1930 ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Aitken attended the public schools of his home. In the years 1871 and 1872 he worked as a teacher in Genesee County. In 1872 he moved to the state of New Jersey, where he was employed as an accountant. After studying law in New York City and its made ​​in 1878 admitted to the bar he began in Flint to work in his new profession. There he hit as a member of the Republican Party also a political career. From 1883 to 1886 he was an administrative employee ( City Clerk ) in his hometown. After that, he was 1886-1890 's legal representative.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Aitken was in the sixth constituency of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Byron G. Stout on March 4, 1893. After a re-election in 1894 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1897 two legislative sessions. Since 1895 he was Chairman of the Mining Committee. In 1896, Aitken gave up another Congress candidate. Instead, he competed unsuccessfully for the nomination for election as Governor of Michigan. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again; He also went into the banking industry. Between 1905 and 1906 David Aitken was mayor of his hometown of Flint. After he retired from politics. He died on 26 May 1930 in Flint.

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