Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.

Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr. ( born June 4, 1868 in Wilmington, Delaware; † July 12, 1942 ibid ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Delaware in the U.S. Senate.

Thomas Bayard came from a family that produced many famous politicians. His great-grandfather James A. Bayard sat from 1804 to 1813 as a Federalist in the Senate, which also belonged to his grandfather, James A. Bayard, Jr., his brother Richard and his father Thomas F. Bayard. The elder Thomas Bayard was also Secretary of State of the United States.

After he had first made in 1890 graduated from Yale University, he graduated from the same university nor the Law School and was admitted to the Bar Association of Delaware, 1893. As a result, Bayard lived for four years in New York City and was there as a corporate lawyer ( Corporation Counsel ) worked, before he returned in 1901 to Delaware. From 1906 to 1916 he led there as chairman of the Democratic Party at the state level. As a lawyer he stood from 1917 to 1919 with the post of solicitor in the employ of the city of Wilmington.

Following the resignation of U.S. Senator Josiah O. Wolcott on July 2, 1921, the Republican T. Coleman du Pont was initially appointed as its immediate successor. For overdue election for the remaining term of which served as an election for the next term of office at the same time, Thomas Bayard ran against du Pont on November 7, 1922. The result of the election was extremely short: while the incumbent came to 36 894 votes, his opponent reached 39 954 votes. These 60 votes difference brought Bayard a seat. The difference in the regular election was a bit clearer: Here, the Democrat was by 325 votes against the Republican who thus had to cede his position to Bayard. After he had been a member for six years of the democratic minority faction in the Senate, Thomas Bayard was running for re-election. This time, however, he scored only 39 percent of the vote and defeated so clearly the former Governor John G. Townsend. Bayard had therefore vacate on 3 March 1929 and returned to Wilmington, where he worked as a lawyer back to his seat in Congress.

Thomas Bayard died in July 1942 in Wilmington, and was buried there in the Old Swedes Episcopal Church Cemetery. His son Alexis also struck a political career and served from 1949 to 1953 as Vice- Governor of Delaware.

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