The Washington herald., 1910-05-29
A Long List of Notable Names Enrolled
There and Characteristics of Men
Which Brought Them Into
Public Gaze.

was appointed by President Madison as
| commissioner to negotiate a peace
,ith Great Britain The next Bayard 10
wear the toga was Richard H., an alum
nus Of Princeton, who was subsequently
| appointed minister 20 Belgium.
Then came curious and unique in
cident in the Bayard family and in the
history OF the nation, when James a,
father. and Thomas A., son, sat at the
same time in the upper house. the former
having been selected TO iii an unexpired
term, the latter regularly elected Sena-
/ tor from Delaware.
Three Of these Bayards. James A.
! Richard H.. and Thomas F., made dis
| tinguished records in the diplomatic SER
vice and the family was so long conspic-
uous in the Senate that people began
TO talk Of the danger that threatened
the country in what had become almost
I an inherited title. but there have been
no Bayards in Congress since the time
Of Thomas F. Bayard. more's the pity.
for they distinguished and honored the
title more than the title distinguished
and honored them.
Other Names Familiar.
The family Of Bayard is not only that
has appeared again and again in the
Senate. Three Frelinghuysens served
there, Frederick his son Theodore, and
his grandson, Frederick Theodore and
in the Colquitt and Cameron families the
Office Of Senator descended from father
10 son. The Colquitts. however, did not
appear on the Senate roster until 1898.
the Camerons until lS45. The name OF
Stockton also appears again and again
in the Senate records, the first Stockton
to be elected to that body being. Richard
Stockton, son Of the Richard stockton.
one Of the slgners Of the Declaration OF
Independence, who was Senator from
New Jersey from 1896 until 1779 and
who was succeeded by his son and his
grandson.
The latter began his career in the navy.
took part in some Of the most important
engagements OF the war Of lSl2 and was
one OF the founders Of the colony OF
Liberia. IL space were available It
would be interesting 10 sketch briefly the
life of this man, who was one OF the most
interesting characters in history, for he
was one of the first Of commanders 70
introduce and apply steam for naval
purposes, the sloop of war, princeton"
having been built under his supervision.
When he had abandoned a military for
a political career he was elected to the
Senate and the bill to abolish logging in
the navy. which he had seen at its very
worst was introduced by him in the
D
on the Pacific coast furnishes an inter
esting chapter, his whole life. indeed,
reads like a story book
All Princeton Alumni.
But families come and families go. The
names that distinguish one page Of his
tory are missing from the next and on
the rolls Of Congress to-day are no
stocktons. Bayards. Frelinghuysens, Col
quits or Camerons. yet the men who
once bore these names still live there
and the dreamer who looks down from
the gallery can see them standing stately
and disnifed among their peers as they
helped make the history that lies behind
us.
This group Of men suggest a singular
fact, nearly every one Of them were
Princeton graduates. Richard Stockton
was graduated with the first class gradu-
ated Of that college. the class of 174s
His son, Dick the second, was a member
Of the class OF 1779. Robert Stockton OF
1872 and John p. Stockton graduated in
lS43, nearly a hundred years from the
time his great-grandfather, the signer
Of the Declaration took his degree.
James A. Bayard took his degree at old