David Baird (New Jersey)
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David Baird, Sr. | |
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United States Senator from New Jersey |
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In office February 23, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
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Preceded by | William Hughes |
Succeeded by | Walter E. Edge |
Personal details | |
Born | Derry, County Londonderry, Ireland |
April 7, 1839
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Camden, New Jersey |
Political party | Republican |
David Baird, Sr. (April 7, 1839 – February 25, 1927) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
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Biography
A Scots-Irishman born in County Londonderry, Ireland, Baird immigrated to the United States in 1856 and entered the lumber business in Port Deposit, Maryland. He moved in 1860 to Camden, New Jersey, where he continued in the lumber business and also engaged in banking. He was a member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Camden County from 1876 to 1880. He also served as the sheriff of Camden County, New Jersey from 1887 to 1889, and again from 1895 to 1897. He was a member of the State board of assessors in 1895 and from 1901 to 1909.
Baird was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1910, but he was appointed on February 23, 1918 to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Hughes. He was subsequently elected as a Republican on November 5, 1918 and until March 4, 1919, when he did not run for reelection. He resumed his former business pursuits in Camden, where he died and was interred in Harleigh Cemetery.
Baird was the father of David Baird, Jr., also a Senator from New Jersey.
Notes
- This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
- David Baird at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- David Baird at The Political Graveyard
- David Baird at Find a Grave
See also
United States Senate | ||
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Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 2) from New Jersey 1918–1919 |
Succeeded by Walter Evans Edge |
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- 1839 births
- 1927 deaths
- American bankers
- County freeholders in New Jersey
- United States Senators from New Jersey
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- Appointed United States Senators
- New Jersey Republicans
- People from County Londonderry
- Republican Party United States Senators
- People from Camden, New Jersey