Hastings Wyman
| Hastings Wyman, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939 Aiken, South Carolina, USA |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater | University of South Carolina School of Law |
| Occupation | Publisher: The Southern Political Report |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Children | Two children |
| Parent(s) |
Hastings Wyman, Sr. |
| Website | http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/ |
Hastings Wyman, Sr.
Hastings Wyman, Jr. (born 1939), is a political consultant, author, commentator, and the publisher since 1978 of the The Southern Political Report, a bi-weekly nonpartisan newsletter of political analysis of thirteen states of the American South.
Wyman was born in Aiken, South Carolina, the only son of Hastings "Wee" Wyman, Sr. (October 17, 1912- January 28, 1998), and the former Elizabeth Babb (June 7, 1914- September 25, 1998). There are two Wyman daughters, the sisters of Hastings Wyman, Jr., Elizabeth W. Silk of New York City and Nancy W. Ray of Rock Hill, South Carolina. The senior Wyman owned Wyman Realty and served on the Aiken Zoning Board, the Aiken City Council, and as mayor pro-tem. He was a graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Aiken, where he served as an elder and taught the Tewkesbury Sunday School class. He was formerly an elder at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, when the Wymans lived in Camden, South Carolina. Wyman's grandfather, also named Hastings Wyman (1879-1931), was a medical doctor in Aiken who died some eight years before Wyman was born. Wyman's grandfather, both parents, and other family members are interred at Bethany Cemetery in Aiken.
Wyman, Jr., attended public schools in, first, Camden and then Aiken. In 1961, he received a Bachelor of Arts in American Government from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was a roommate of later U.S. Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat liberal who represented Massachusetts' 4th congressional district between 1981 and 2013. Frank engaged in debates with students who held more conservative views, including Wyman, who recalls, "He and I used to argue all the time. But it was not out of anger, it was out of an interest in the topics." When Wyman invited Frank to visit at Wyman's home in Aiken, Frank made a point of drinking from the since-abolished "colored-only" water fountain then available to African Americans.
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