William Baylies

William Baylies
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th district
In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded by	Charles Turner, Jr.
Succeeded by	John W. Hulbert
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	John Reed, Jr.
Succeeded by	Zabdiel Sampson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Henry A. S. Dearborn
Succeeded by	Nathaniel B. Borden
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1808-1809 1812-1813 1820-1821
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1825-1826 1830-1831
Personal details
Born	September 15, 1776 Dighton, Massachusetts
Died	September 27, 1865 (aged 89) Taunton, Massachusetts
Resting place	Dighton Town Cemetery Dighton, Massachusetts
Political party	Federalist, Jackson Federalist, Anti-Jacksonian
Alma mater	Brown University

William Baylies (September 15, 1776 – September 27, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and brother of congressman Francis Baylies. His great-grandfather was Thomas Baylies, an ironmaster from Coalbrookdale, England, who emigrated to Boston in 1737.

Baylies was born in Dighton, Massachusetts, in 1776, the son of Dr. William Baylies (1742–1826).^[1] He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1795 where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bridgewater (west parish) in 1799 and served as member of the State house of representatives in 1808, 1809, 1812, 1813, 1820, and 1821 and in the State Senate in 1825, 1826, 1830, and 1831.

He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.^[2]

Baylies was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817). He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835).

He died in Taunton, Massachusetts, on September 27, 1865. Interment was in Dighton Town Cemetery, Dighton, Massachusetts.

References

1. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1883
2. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory

• United States Congress. "William Baylies (id: B000256)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

William Baylies at Find a Grave

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