Francis Baylies

Francis Baylies
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by Lewis Bigelow
Succeeded by James L. Hodges
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by Marcus Morton
Succeeded by John Bailey
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1827–1832
United States Chargé d'Affaires, Argentina
In office
15 June 1832 – 26 September 1832
Preceded by John Murray Forbes
Succeeded by William Brent, Jr.
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1835
Personal details
Born October 16, 1783
Taunton, Massachusetts
Died October 28, 1852 (1852-10-29) (aged 69)
Taunton, Massachusetts
Resting place Old Plain Cemetery
Political party Federalist
Jackson Federalist
Democratic
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Moulton
Children Harriet Baylies
Profession Lawyer
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Francis Baylies (October 16, 1783 – October 28, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and brother of congressman William Baylies. His great-grandfather was Thomas Baylies, an ironmaster from Coalbrookdale, England, who immigrated to Boston in 1737.

Baylies was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1783, the son of Dr. William Baylies (1742–1826).[1] He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Taunton, Massachusetts. He later served as Register of Probate for Bristol County 1812–1820. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1818 to the Sixteenth Congress.

Baylies was elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth Congress, a Jackson Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress, and a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1827 for reelection to the Twentieth Congress. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1832.

Jackson then appointed him to the post of United States chargé d'affaires in Buenos Aires in the Argentine Confederation following the USS Lexington raid on the Falkland Islands in 1831. The USS Peacock conveyed Mr. Baylies and family to la Plata and on the occasion, both the British line-of-battle ship Plantagenet and H. B. M. frigate Druid complimented her flag by playing Hail, Columbia.[2]:pp.25,26 His very short term in office was due to the unsettled conditions of the time.

Baylies was again elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1835. He engaged in literary pursuits. He died in Taunton, Massachusetts, October 28, 1852, and was interred in the Old Plain Cemetery.

Writings

References

  1. ↑ History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1883
  2. ↑ Roberts, Edmund (Digitized 12 October 2007) [First published in 1837]. Embassy to the Eastern courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat : in the U. S. sloop-of-war Peacock ... during the years 1832-3-4. Harper & brothers. OCLC 12212199. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Marcus Morton		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 		Succeeded by
John Bailey
Preceded by
Lewis Bigelow		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 12th congressional district
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827 		Succeeded by
James L. Hodges
Political offices
Preceded by
 Register of Probate, Bristol County, Massachusetts
1812-1820 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1827-1832 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1835-1835 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
John M. Forbes		 United States Chargé d'Affaires, Argentina
15 June 1832–26 September 1832 		Succeeded by
William Brent, Jr.
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