The daily gazette., 1879-11-10
He was educated at the Flushing School

He was educated at the Flushing School
Bayard was originally intended for
law, and obtained great eminence in his
In 1851. During the years 1856 and 1855
he resided in Philadelphia. With the
exception Of those two years be always
practised his profession in Delaware.
1n 1853 he was appointed United States
District Attorney for Delaware. In
1854 he resigned this position. He was
elected United States Senator for the
term commencing 1859 and ending 1875.
During this term Of his Senatorship he
was appointed on the Committee Of
Of the Laws. The same day that
Thomas F. Bayard was elected to the
Senate, his father, James A. Bayard,
was also elected to the same position.
Thus both father and son were members
OF the United States Senate, and elected
on the same day. This is the only Oc-
currence Of the kind on record in this
country.
At the expiration of his term as Sena
tor, Mr.. Bayard was elected by the Della
ware Legislature for another term. He
still holds this position, and il we can
form any judgment from present appear
ances he will be the nominee of the
Democratic party for President of the
United States. He Is now about return
ing to this country from visit to Eu-
rope, and his friends of both parties are
making extensive preparation s to receive
him. He keeps up the character Of the
Bayards for political and personal hon.
esty and integrity, however erroneous
may appear his political views to those
politically opposed to him. And If we
are to have Democratic President, in
that ease would prefer to see him hold
that position to any other member of the
Democratic party. l have spoken one
after the other of the lineal line of the
Bayards and their descendants as public
officers of our State. There was another
, Bayard who was Senator, the son Of the
first James A. Bayard, the brother ol
= the present James A. Bayard, and the
' uncle of Thomas F. Bayard. L mean
RICHARD II. BAYARD,
: whose residence was on the site o
2 where the Institute now is. He wa
horn in Wilmington, November 10, 178e
Was Senator in Congress from Delawar
from 1880 to 1889, ana from 184l to lS4l
j. He was appointed Charge de Affairs i
3 1850 to Belgium. He died in Philade
!. phia on the 4th of NJ arch. 1868, aged 7
years. Mr.. Richard Fl. Bayard was
8 Whig, differing in political sentimeI
Z from his brother, James A.
n Richard II. Bayard was considere
u the handsomest man In the United State
n Senate, and received the cognomen
IS the Chevalier Bayard. He was distil
te guished for being elected the fir,
II Mayor Of Wilmington. His wife ws
y celebrated ~ most accomplished aG
~ excellent lady, who had her husband
n honor carefully at heart. One of b
3. SONS was an officer in the Navy, and m
Or his death from hot ashes whilst ascen
Mt ing Mount Yes wins.
ce The Bayarus have always been disti
I'd guished in State affairs, and ut the bs
:, Never in trade or commerce. As far
- the world will let them, and the circur
q. stances surrounding them will adm
they bear the character of their Fren'
ancestors, they being "without fe;
and without reprOach." Almost eveI
u. family inherits peculiar traits from the
re-, ancestors, and they have theirs. And
in has run in their blood from old Stuy Y
ia SAINT down. Let what will be the stru
90 gle they are always on the top, whe
. every human being tries to get, and &c
o. that has the ability.
W have thus written, Mr.. Editor, has
lp- ly the memoirs of a historic Delawa
he family. ! have done it az tt hum
he seized me (for one half hour before
commenced it had no thought of dol
re so), and hopiHg it will not be- uDintere
~, Ing TO your readers. 1 remain with gre
oy respect, yours, FRANCIS VINCENT
IS Wilmington, Del, Now, 1879.