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Thomas Francis Bayard
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As Secretary of State
Paved the way for settlement of the Samoan question with Great Britain and Germany
Aranged a solution regarding fisheries that allayed difficulties with Canada
Upheld the special interest of the United States in the Hawaiian Islands
Foreign Travels
Foreign Relations of the United States:
1885, 1886, 1887, 1888 (vol. 1 & 2,), 1889
Profile
Born: October 29, 1828
Died: September 28, 1898
Married: Louise Lee (died); Mary W. Clymer
Education: attended private schools and an academy at Flushing, New York
Occupation: Lawyer
Government Positions
United States District Attorney for Delaware 1853-1854
Senator from Delaware 1869-1885
Member of the Electoral Commission of 1877 to decide the contested presidential election of 1876
Ambassador to Great Britain 1893-1897
Notable Events
Unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1876, in 1880, and again in 1884