Bayard, James A
lawyer, gressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 15, 1799, in Wilmington, Del. He was the son of the United States senator bearing the same name, and a brother of Richard H. Bayard. He was a senator in congress from Delaware during 1851-54; and in 1863 he was elected for the third term, but resigned in January, 1864. In 1867 he was appointed to a seat in the senate to fill a vacancy, and subsequently received the election to that office. He was a delegate to the New York convention of 1868. He died June 13, 1880, in Wilmington, Del.