Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1767-1815

Biographical Note

James A. Bayard

• 1767, July 28: Born, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1784: Graduated, Princeton College, Princeton, N.J.
• 1788: Admitted to the bar at New Castle, Del., and Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1795: Married Ann Bassett
• 1797 - 1803 : Member from Delaware, United States House of Representatives
• 1805 - 1813 : United States Senator from Delaware
• 1813 - 1814 : Member, United States Commission to negotiate the treaty of Ghent Member, United States Commission to negotiate a treaty of commerce with Great Britain
• 1815, Aug. 6: Died, Wilmington, Del.

Richard H. Bayard

• 1796, Sept. 23: Born, Wilmington, Del.
• 1805 - 1810 : Attended College of St. Mary, Baltimore, Md.
• 1814: Graduated, Princeton College, Princeton, N.J.
• 1815: Married Mary Sophia Carroll
• 1818: Admitted to the bar at New Castle, Del.
• 1818 - 1832 : Private law practice
• 1832 - 1835 : Mayor, Wilmington, Del.
• 1836 - 1839 : United States Senator from Delaware
• 1839 - 1841 : Chief justice of Delaware
• 1840 - 1845 : Member from Delaware, United States Senate Appointed brigadier general, Delaware state militia
• 1850 - 1853 : United States chargé d'affaires, Brussels, Belgium
• 1868, Mar. 4 .: Died, Philadelphia, Pa

From the guide to the James A. Bayard and Richard H. Bayard Papers, 1797-1885, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)