Robert K. Aiken

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Husband Robert K. Aiken ¹

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           Born:  - Portersville, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA
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         Father: Alexander H. Aiken (      -1878) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane Kennedy (      -1904) 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - Robert K. Aiken

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He was mainly reared at Mt. Jackson, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and he completed his literary training at Westminster College, where he graduated in 1890. He then read law in the office of D. S. Morris, Esq., and in 1891 he was admitted to the bar and located immediately in New Castle. He was a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association and of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association. In 1894 he was elected district attorney of Lawrence County, in which office he served for three years. From 1898 to 1902 he was a member of the Select Council of the city of New Castle, and served as its president during the entire term. In politics he was a Republican. He served his party as a member of the County and State Committees, but always opposed "corrupt methods" and "machine politicians" in the Republican party. The dissatisfaction that existed in the political conditions of the Congressional District and the State at large made him a candidate for Congress in 1906 against Ernest F. Acheson, and although not elected he succeeded in reducing his opponent's majority to 1,328 votes as opposed to a previous majority exceeding 14,000.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 920.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1259.

3 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 241.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 819, 920.