Thomas F. Bayard

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(October 29, 1828 — September 28, 1898) Bayard was an American politician and lawyer. Thomas Bayard was born in Wilmington, Delaware to James A. Bayard, Jr., Delaware Senator. He practiced law in Delaware and Pennsylvania until the expiration of his father’s Senate term in 1869, when he moved back to Delaware to run for Congress. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, where he served from March 4, 1869 to March 6, 1885. While in Congress, he served as President pro temper of the Senate and chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills. He resigned in March 1885 to serve as Secretary of State. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000253]

Member of Delaware Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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