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Bayard</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_H_Bayard_US.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Richard_H_Bayard_US.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 17, 1836 – September 19, 1839</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Naudain" title="Arnold Naudain">Arnold Naudain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Vacant</i><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <sup id="cite_ref-vacancy_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vacancy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 12, 1841 – March 3, 1845</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Vacant</i><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <sup id="cite_ref-vacancy_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vacancy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_M._Clayton" title="John M. Clayton">John M. Clayton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Superior_Court" title="Delaware Superior Court">Chief Justice of Delaware</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 19, 1839 – March 12, 1841</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_M._Clayton" title="John M. Clayton">John M. Clayton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">James Booth Jr.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Richard Henry Bayard</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1796-09-26</span>)</span>September 26, 1796<br /><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 4, 1868<span style="display:none">(1868-03-04)</span> (aged 71)<br /><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Whig_party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig party (United States)">Whig</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Mary Sophia Carroll<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1820; died 1868)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bayard_Rich" title="Henry Bayard Rich">Henry Bayard Rich</a> (grandson)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_(politician,_born_1767)" title="James A. Bayard (politician, born 1767)">James A. Bayard</a> (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bassett_(Delaware_politician)" title="Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)">Richard Bassett</a> (grandfather)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Henry Bayard</b> (September 26, 1796 – March 4, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party</a>, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior Court, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_H._Bayard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bayard_family" title="Bayard family">Bayard family</a></div> <p>Bayard was born in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a> on September 26, 1796. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_(politician,_born_1767)" title="James A. Bayard (politician, born 1767)">James A. Bayard Sr.</a> and Nancy (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Bassett) Bayard. His father was a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and U.S. Senator from Delaware.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother was the daughter of another U.S. Senator from Delaware, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bassett_(Delaware_politician)" title="Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)">Richard Bassett</a>. His younger brother, <a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_Jr." title="James A. Bayard Jr.">James A. Bayard Jr.</a>, was also a U.S. Senator from Delaware.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_H._Bayard&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Henry_Bayard,_by_Thomas_Sully_(1822).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Richard_Henry_Bayard%2C_by_Thomas_Sully_%281822%29.jpg/220px-Richard_Henry_Bayard%2C_by_Thomas_Sully_%281822%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Richard_Henry_Bayard%2C_by_Thomas_Sully_%281822%29.jpg/330px-Richard_Henry_Bayard%2C_by_Thomas_Sully_%281822%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Richard_Henry_Bayard%2C_by_Thomas_Sully_%281822%29.jpg/440px-Richard_Henry_Bayard%2C_by_Thomas_Sully_%281822%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2147" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Bayard, by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sully" title="Thomas Sully">Thomas Sully</a>, 1822</figcaption></figure> <p>Bayard graduated from <a href="/wiki/History_of_Princeton_University" title="History of Princeton University">Princeton College</a> in 1814, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1818. His practice was in Wilmington, where he became the first mayor of the newly incorporated city in 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1836, Bayard was elected as an <a href="/wiki/Anti-Jacksonian_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Jacksonian Party">Anti-Jacksonian</a> to the United States Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Senator Arnold Naudain. He served from June 17, 1836, to September 19, 1839, when he resigned to become Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. He served in that capacity for two years, from 1839 to 1841, when he resigned, being once again elected to the United States Senate, this time as a <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The position had been vacant since his own resignation in 1839. This time, he served from January 12, 1841, until March 3, 1845. While in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Claims" title="United States Senate Committee on Claims">Committee on Private Land Claims</a> in the 27th Congress, a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_District_of_Columbia" title="United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia">Committee on District of Columbia</a> in the 27th Congress, and a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the 27th Congress and 28th Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_H._Bayard&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He did not seek reelection in 1844. He was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> to serve as <a href="/wiki/Charg%C3%A9_d%27affaires" title="Chargé d'affaires">chargé d'affaires</a> to Belgium from 1850 to 1853. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_H._Bayard&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Mary_Sophia_Carroll_(Bayard)_of_Baltimore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Portrait_of_Mary_Sophia_Carroll_%28Bayard%29_of_Baltimore.jpg/220px-Portrait_of_Mary_Sophia_Carroll_%28Bayard%29_of_Baltimore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Portrait_of_Mary_Sophia_Carroll_%28Bayard%29_of_Baltimore.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="393" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of his wife, Mary Sophia Carroll Bayard, by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sully" title="Thomas Sully">Thomas Sully</a>, 1822</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1820, Bayard was married to Mary Sophia Carroll (1804–1886) by the Rt. Rev. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Conwell" title="Henry Conwell">Henry Conwell</a>, the Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Bishop of Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ACHSOP1909_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACHSOP1909-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the daughter of Charles Carroll of <a href="/wiki/Homewood_Museum" title="Homewood Museum">Homewood</a> (only surviving son of U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton" title="Charles Carroll of Carrollton">Charles Carroll</a>, a signer of the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a>) and Harriett (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Chew) Carroll (a daughter of Judge <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Chew" title="Benjamin Chew">Benjamin Chew</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Leonard1918_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard1918-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:<sup id="cite_ref-Clark1999_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark1999-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Mary Louisa Bayard (1822–1889), who married William Henry Beck. After his death in 1859, she married Col. Manlio Bettarini, <a href="/wiki/Adjutant" title="Adjutant">adjutant</a> of King <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II" title="Victor Emmanuel II">Victor Emmanuel II</a> of Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-napoleon_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-napoleon-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Caroline Bayard (1824–1895), who married Henry Baring Powel, a son of <a href="/wiki/John_Hare_Powel" title="John Hare Powel">John Hare Powel</a> and Julia (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Deveaux) Powel (a daughter of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Deveaux" title="Andrew Deveaux">Andrew Deveaux</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Bulloch1895_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bulloch1895-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Elizabeth Bayard (1826–1885), who married Col. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Henry_Rich" title="Frederick Henry Rich">Frederick Henry Rich</a> of the <a href="/wiki/English_Army" title="English Army">English Army</a>, in 1848.<sup id="cite_ref-Browning1891_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browning1891-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Charles Carroll Bayard (1828–1850), a Midshipman in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> who died from a wound received on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius" title="Mount Vesuvius">Mount Vesuvius</a> during the eruption in February 1850.<sup id="cite_ref-Browning1891_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browning1891-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Richard Bassett Bayard (1831–1878), who married Ellen Howard, a daughter of Gen. <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Chew_Howard" title="Benjamin Chew Howard">Benjamin Chew Howard</a> (a son of Gen. <a href="/wiki/John_Eager_Howard" title="John Eager Howard">John Eager Howard</a>) and Jane Grant (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Gilmor) Howard (a daughter of merchant <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Daniel_Gilmor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Daniel Gilmor (page does not exist)">William Daniel Gilmor</a> and niece of art collector <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gilmor_Jr." title="Robert Gilmor Jr.">Robert Gilmor Jr.</a>), in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-Browning1969_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browning1969-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sarah A. Bayard (1835–1880), who died unmarried.<sup id="cite_ref-Browning1891_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browning1891-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Harriet Bayard (1836–1865), who married <a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_B%C3%B8rs_(forretningsmann)" class="extiw" title="no:Christian Børs (forretningsmann)">Christian Børs</a> of Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-Browning1891_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browning1891-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Bayard died on March 4, 1868 at Philadelphia and is buried in the <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_and_Brandywine_Cemetery" title="Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery">Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery</a> at Wilmington. He was the second of five Bayards to serve in the United States Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-Munroe1993_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Munroe1993-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Almanac">Almanac</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_H._Bayard&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Almanac"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who took office March 4 for a six-year term. In this case, he was initially completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the resignation of Arnold Naudain. However, he resigned the position before the term ended only to accept appointment over a year later in a new term which he completed. Between his resignation and appointment, the position was vacant. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="8" style="background: #ccccff;">Public offices </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Office</b> </th> <th><b>Type</b> </th> <th><b>Location</b> </th> <th><b>Began office</b> </th> <th><b>Ended office</b> </th> <th><b>Notes</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>June 17, 1836 </td> <td>September 19, 1839 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 12, 1841 </td> <td>March 3, 1845 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="7" style="background: #ccccff;">United States congressional service </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Dates</b> </th> <th><b>Congress</b> </th> <th><b>Chamber</b> </th> <th><b>Majority</b> </th> <th><b>President</b> </th> <th><b>Committees</b> </th> <th><b>Class/District</b> </th></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1836–1837 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/24th_United_States_Congress" title="24th United States Congress">24th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1837–1839 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/25th_United_States_Congress" title="25th United States Congress">25th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1839–1841 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/26th_United_States_Congress" title="26th United States Congress">26th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F0C862"> <td>1841–1843 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/27th_United_States_Congress" title="27th United States Congress">27th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> </td> <td>Private Land Claims<br />District of Columbia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F0C862"> <td>1843–1845 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/28th_United_States_Congress" title="28th United States Congress">28th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> </td> <td>Naval Affairs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_H._Bayard&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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