Thomas BAYLY, Congress, MD (1775-1829)

BAYLY, Thomas, a Representative from Maryland; born at “Wellington,” near Quantico, Somerset (now Wicomico) County, Md., September 13, 1775; attended private schools and was graduated from Princeton College in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Somerset and Worcester Counties, Md.; member of the State house of delegates 1804-1814; elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823); resumed the practice of law; died at his home, “Wellington,” near Quantico, Md., in 1829; interment in the family cemetery on the grounds of his estate.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present