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William Baylies

William Baylies
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 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 7th district
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded by Charles Turner, Jr.
Succeeded by John W. Hulbert
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(1865-09-27) (aged 89)
Taunton, Massachusetts
Resting place Dighton Town Cemetery
Dighton, Massachusetts
Political party Federalist
Jackson Federalist
National Republican
Alma mater Brown University
Profession Lawyer

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). 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.

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.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.


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