Thomas F. Bayard

Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (born October 29, 1828 in Wilmington , Delaware , † September 29, 1898 in Dedham , Massachusetts ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party in the last third of the 19th century. Bayard served as the United States Senator for Delaware, Secretary of State, and United States Ambassador to Great Britain .

He was a member of an influential Delaware family. Both his father James A. Bayard and his son Thomas were senators. He studied law . He was the Attorney General for Delaware from 1853 to 1854 and was in Philadelphia from 1854 to 1858 to practice there. Bayard then worked as a lawyer in Wilmington until he was elected to the US Senate in 1868.

Bayard held his mandate from March 4, 1869 to March 6, 1885. During his tenure as a senator, he was a member of the electoral committee that voted for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes as president when he was elected president in 1876 . As a member of the Democratic Party, he nevertheless agreed in all cases.

US President Grover Cleveland appointed Bayard to his cabinet as Secretary of State during his first term from 1885 to 1889 . When Cleveland was re-elected President in 1893, he chose another important diplomatic post for Bayard: US Ambassador to Great Britain. Bayard was the first person to hold this title, previously they were just Minister ( envoy ). In 1897 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society .

Bayard was buried in the Old Swedes Cemetery in Wilmington.

literature

Justus Doenecke: Thomas F. Bayard. In: Edward S. Mihalkanin (Ed.): American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell . Greenwood Publishing 2004, ISBN 978-0-313-30828-4 , pp. 51-57.

Web links

Commons : Thomas F. Bayard - collection of images, videos and audio files

Thomas F. Bayard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Thomas A. Hendricks at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia (English)

Individual evidence

^ Member History: Thomas F. Bayard. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 25, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bayard, Thomas F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bayard, Thomas Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wilmington , Delaware
DATE OF DEATH	September 29, 1898
Place of death	Dedham , Massachusetts

[1] Member History: Thomas F. Bayard. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 25, 2018 .