American statesman.
From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Wilmington, Del., to [Henry Morrison] Flagler, 1884 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672065
Epithet: American statesman
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000223
Diplomat and statesman; U.S. senator (1869-1885); U.S. secretary of state (1885-1888); of Wilmington, Del.
From the description of Thomas F. Bayard papers, 1876-1888. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70977561
U.S. senator from Delaware (1869-1885); U.S. secretary of state (1885-1889); U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom (1893-1897).
From the description of Thomas F. Bayard papers, 1871-1897. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70979696
U.S. senator from Delaware, secretary of state, and ambassador.
From the description of Thomas F. Bayard papers, 1780-1899 (bulk 1860-1898). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981097
Biographical Note
1828, Oct. 29
Born, Wilmington, Del.
1851
Admitted to the Delaware bar
1853
1854
United States district attorney for Delaware
1854
1857
Practiced law, Philadelphia, Pa.
1856
Married Louise Lee (died 1886)
1856
1869
Practiced law, Wilmington, Del.
1869
1885
United States senator
1872
Delegate to the Democratic Party national convention, Baltimore, Md.
1876
Candidate for Democratic Party presidential nomination
1877
Appointed a member of the Electoral Commission by act of Congress to decide the contests in various states in the presidential election of 1876
1880
Candidate for Democratic Party presidential nomination
1881
Elected president pro tempore of the Senate
1884
Candidate for Democratic Party presidential nomination
1885
1889
Secretary of state
1889
Married Mary W. Clymer
1893
1897
Ambassador to Great Britain
1898, Sept. 28
Died, Dedham, Mass.
From the guide to the Thomas F. Bayard Papers, 1780-1899, (bulk 1860-1889), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)