Francis Baylies

Career

Francis Baylies was the younger brother of Congressman William Baylies ( 1776-1865 ). He attended the common schools. After a subsequent law degree in 1810 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Taunton in this profession. Between 1812 and 1820 he worked at the Bristol County probate court. Politically, he joined the Federalist Party. In 1818 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet.

In the congressional elections of 1820 Baylies was the tenth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Marcus Morton on March 4, 1821. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1827 three legislative periods. Since 1823 he represented there as a successor to Lewis Bigelow the twelfth district of his state. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson. Since 1823 he sat as his supporters in Congress. In 1826, Baylies was not re-elected.

Between 1827 and 1832 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Between June and September 1832, he served as American ambassador to Argentina. In 1835 he was again a deputy in the State Parliament. Then he withdrew into retirement, in which he dealt with literary matters. He died on 28 October 1852 in his birthplace of Taunton.