Biography:

Thomas Francis Bayard was born on October 29, 1828 in Wilmington, Delaware and was a diplomat and lawyer.  From 1863-1864 he served as the US attorney for Delaware.  In 1865 he represented Delaware in the US Senate, and then left his post in 1885 to become the Secretary of State during Grover Cleveland’s first administration.  During Cleveland’s second administration, Bayard was appointed Ambassador of Great Britain.  He died in Massachusetts on September 28, 1898.