List of United States Political Families (B) - The Bayard and Clayton Family

The Bayard and Clayton Family

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  • John Bubenheim Bayard (1738–1807) Member, Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; Delegate, Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1790; state court judge, New Jersey. Uncle of James A. Bayard, Sr.
  • Joshua Clayton (1744–1798) State court judge, Delaware; Governor, Delaware, 1789–96; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1798; he died in office 1798. Son-in-law of Richard Bassett; father of Thomas Clayton; uncle of John M. Clayton.
  • Richard Bassett (1745–1815) Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member, Delaware state senate, 1782; member, Delaware state house of representatives, 1786; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1789–93; common pleas court judge, Delaware, 1793–99; Governor, Delaware, 1799–1801; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1801-02. Father-in-law of Joshua Clayton and James A. Bayard, Sr.; grandfather of Richard H. Bayard and James A. Bayard, Jr.; great-grandfather of Thomas F. Bayard; great-great-grandfather of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.; great-great grandfather of Alexis I. du Pont Bayard.
    • James A. Bayard, Sr. (1767–1815) member, U.S. Representative, Delaware at-large, 1797–1803; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1804-13. Nephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; son-in-law of Richard Bassett; father of Richard H. Bayard and James A. Bayard, Jr.; grandfather of Thomas F. Bayard; great-grandfather of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.; great-great-great-grandfather of Alexis I. du Pont Bayard.
    • Thomas Clayton (1777–1854) Member, Delaware state house of representatives, 1802–06, 1810, 1812–13; member, Delaware state senate, 1808, 1821; secretary of state, Delaware, 1808–10; Delaware state attorney general, 1810–15; U.S. Representative, Delaware at-large, 1815–17; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1824–27, 1837–47; judge, common pleas court, Delaware, 1828; superior court judge, Delaware, 1832. Son of Joshua Clayton; cousin of John M. Clayton.
    • Richard H. Bayard (1796–1868) Mayor, Wilmington, Delaware, 1832; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1836–39, 1841–45; justice, Delaware state supreme court, 1839–41; U.S. Chargé d'Affaires, Belgium, 1851-53. Grandson of Richard Bassett; son of James A. Bayard, Sr.; brother of James A. Bayard, Jr.; uncle of Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.; granduncle of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.; great-granduncle of Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard.
    • John M. Clayton (1796–1856) Member, Delaware state house of representatives, 1824; secretary of state, Delaware, 1826; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; died in office 1856; justice, Delaware state supreme court, 1837; U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-50. Nephew of Joshua Clayton; cousin of Thomas Clayton; great-granduncle of C. Douglass Buck.
      • James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799–1880) U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1851–64, 1867–69; delegate, Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1860, 1864. Grandson of Richard Bassett; son of James A. Bayard, Sr.; brother of Richard H. Bayard; father of Thomas F. Bayard; grandfather of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.; great-grandfather of Alexis I. du Pont Bayard.
        • Thomas F. Bayard (1828–1898) U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1869–85; candidate, Democratic nomination for President, 1880, 1884; U.S. Secretary of State, 1885–89; U.S. Ambassador, United Kingdom, 1893-97. Great-grandson of Richard Bassett; grandson of James A. Bayard, Sr.; nephew of Richard H. Bayard; son of James A. Bayard, Jr.; father of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.; grandfather of Alexis I. du Pont Bayard.
        • Henry A. du Pont (1838–1926) Colonel, Union Army, Civil War; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1906–17; defeated, 1916. Received the Medal of Honor in 1898 for his handling of the retreat at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Cousin of T. Coleman du Pont.
        • T. Coleman du Pont (1863–1930) Delegate, Republican National Convention, Delaware, 1908 (alternate), 1920, 1928; member, Republican National Committee, Delaware, 1908–30; candidate, Republican nomination for President, 1916; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1921–22, 1925–28; defeated, 1922; resigned 1928. Cousin of Henry A. du Pont; father-in-law of C. Douglass Buck.
        • Alfred I. du Pont (1864–1935), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1916. First cousin of T. Coleman du Pont and Pierre S. du Pont.
        • Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954), member of the Delaware Board of Education 1919-1921. First cousin of T. Coleman du Pont and Alfred I. du Pont.
        • Henry B. du Pont (1898–1970), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1936. First cousin of Henry A. du Pont.
        • Francis V. du Pont, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1944 1948, Republican National Committeeman 1952. First cousin of Henry A. du Pont, T. Coleman du Pont, Alfred I. du Pont, and Pierre S. du Pont.
          • Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (1868–1942) Lawyer; (Skull and Bones) Chairman, Delaware Democratic Party, 1906–16; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1922–29; defeated, 1928, 1930. Great-great-grandson of Richard Bassett; great-grandson of James A. Bayard, Sr.; grandnephew of Richard H. Bayard; grandson of James A. Bayard, Jr.; son of Thomas F. Bayard; married to Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; father of Alexis I. du Pont Bayard.
          • Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard (1880–1975) Alternate delegate, Democratic National Convention, Delaware, 1944. Married to Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.; mother of Alexis I. du Pont Bayard.
          • C. Douglass Buck (1890–1965) Governor, Delaware, 1929–37; member, Republican National Committee, Delaware, 1932; delegate, Republican National Convention, Delaware, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1943–49; defeated, 1948. Great-grandnephew of John M. Clayton; son-in-law of T. Coleman du Pont.
          • Reynolds du Pont (1918–1980), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1964. First cousin twice removed of Henry A. du Pont.
            • Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (1918–1985) Lawyer; alternate delegate, Democratic National Convention, Delaware, 1948; Lieutenant Governor, Delaware, 1949-53. Descendant of Richard Bassett; great-great-great-grandson of James A. Bayard, Sr.; great-grandnephew of Richard H. Bayard; great-grandson of James A. Bayard, Jr.; grandson of Thomas F. Bayard; son of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard.
            • Pierre S. du Pont IV (1935-), member of the Delaware Legislature, U.S. Representative from Delaware 1971-1977, Governor of Delaware 1977-1985, candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States 1988. Nephew of Reynolds du Pont.

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