Thomas F. Bayard
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Thomas Francis Bayard was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democrat, he served three terms as the United States senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
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Bayard's father, James A. Bayard Jr., served as a United States Senator from Delaware in the 1850s and 1860s.
Photograph of Thomas F. Bayard, c. 1870
A cartoon from the April 9, 1870, issue of Harper's Weekly anticipates the resumption of government payments in precious-metal coins. "Brother Jonathan" was a personification of the United States before "Uncle Sam".
Bayard served on the Electoral Commission (pictured) that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election
Bayard was a strong supporter of gold-backed currency
The 1880 Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati's Music Hall
Both the Republicans and Democrats held their conventions at Chicago's Interstate Industrial Exposition Hall in 1884.In their orbit 2
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Thomas Francis Bayard was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democrat, he served three terms as the United States senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him Secretary of State. After four years in private life, he returned to the diplomatic arena as Ambassador to Great Britain.
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