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DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware

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  Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Netherlands, about 1644. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1685-86. Died in 1707 (age about 63 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Ann (Stuyvesant) Bayard and Samuel Bayard; married 1666 to Judith Varleth; nephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; grandfather of Stephanus Bayard; great-grandfather of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); great-granduncle of John Bubenheim Bayard; second great-granduncle of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; third great-grandfather of James Adams Ekin; third great-granduncle of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868), Littleton Kirkpatrick and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; fourth great-grandfather of John Sluyter Wirt; fourth great-granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. and Andrew Kirkpatrick; fifth great-granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; sixth great-grandfather of John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; sixth great-granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; seventh great-granduncle of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); first cousin four times removed of Hamilton Fish; first cousin five times removed of Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin six times removed of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin seven times removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Stephanus Bayard (1700-1757) — also known as Stephen Bayard — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1700. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1744-47. Died in Bergen County, N.J., 1757 (age about 57 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Bayard and Margaretta (Van Cortlandt) Bayard; married, March 12, 1724, to Alida Vetch; uncle of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; great-granduncle of James Adams Ekin; second great-granduncle of John Sluyter Wirt; fourth great-grandfather of John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; first cousin of Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; first cousin twice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, James Alexander Hamilton, Philip Schuyler and John Cortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Robert Ray Hamilton; first cousin five times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; first cousin six times removed of Brockholst Livingston; second cousin of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay and Frederick Jay; second cousin once removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, John Bubenheim Bayard, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; second cousin twice removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James Asheton Bayard Sr., Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II and Philip N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Peter Gansevoort, Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Richard Henry Bayard, Littleton Kirkpatrick, Gerrit Smith, James Asheton Bayard Jr., William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr., Andrew Kirkpatrick, William Waldorf Astor, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Thomas Francis Bayard Jr., Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry, Helen Roosevelt Robinson, Ogden Livingston Mills, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Parker-Schuyler family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 14, 1736. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1786-88. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 25, 1802 (age 65 years, 164 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Bayard (1698-1765) and Elizabeth (Mynders) Bayard; married to Catherine Livingston (daughter of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; sister-in-law of John Kean (1756-1795); sister of Philip Peter Livingston; niece of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; aunt of Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston); nephew of Stephanus Bayard; great-grandson of Jacob Leisler, Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandfather of Mary McIntosh (who married DeWitt Clinton Cole); second great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin once removed of Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and James Adams Ekin; first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler and John Sluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed of John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; second cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; second cousin once removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, James Alexander Hamilton, Philip Schuyler and John Cortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Robert Ray Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; second cousin five times removed of Brockholst Livingston; third cousin of Volkert Petrus Douw, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, John Bubenheim Bayard, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; third cousin once removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James Asheton Bayard Sr., Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Peter Gansevoort, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Richard Henry Bayard, Littleton Kirkpatrick, Gerrit Smith, James Asheton Bayard Jr., William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr., Andrew Kirkpatrick, William Waldorf Astor, John Kean (1852-1914), Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., September 19, 1737. Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Maryland state senate, 1777-1800; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1789-92. Catholic. Slaveowner. Died in Baltimore, Md., November 14, 1832 (age 95 years, 56 days). Interment at Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Carroll and Elizabeth (Brooke) Carroll; married, June 5, 1768, to Mary Darnell; father of Catharine 'Kitty' Carroll (who married Robert Goodloe Harper); grandfather of Louisa Carroll (who married Isaac Rand Jackson), Mary Sophia Carroll (who married Richard Henry Bayard) and Harriet Julianna Carroll (who married John Lee); great-grandfather of John Lee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who married Charles Oliver O'Donnell); second great-grandfather of John Howell Carroll; third great-grandfather of Suzanne Howell Carroll (who married John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill); third great-granduncle of John Duffy Alderson; first cousin of Daniel Carroll; second cousin of Charles Carroll, Barrister; second cousin once removed of Thomas Sim Lee, Alexander Contee Hanson and Alexander Contee Magruder; second cousin thrice removed of John Read Magruder; third cousin twice removed of Reuben Handy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed of Carter Henry Harrison and Levin Irving Handy.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Lee-Mason family of Virginia; Carroll #1 family of Baltimore, Maryland; Carroll #2 family of Baltimore, Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Carroll counties in Ark., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Md., Miss., Mo., N.H., Ohio and Va., East Carroll Parish, La. and West Carroll Parish, La., are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Charles C. WalcuttCharles C. FitchCharles C. FrickCharles Carroll Glover, Jr.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md., August 11, 1738. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor of New Brunswick, N.J., 1794-96. Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., January 7, 1807 (age 68 years, 149 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of James Bayard and Mary (Asheton) Bayard; married 1759 to Margaret Hodge; married 1781 to Mary (Grant) Hodgson; married 1787 to Johannah White; father of Jane Bayard (who married Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)); uncle and adoptive father of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Littleton Kirkpatrick; granduncle of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; great-grandfather of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1844-1904); great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); great-granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; second great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; second great-granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; third great-granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; fourth great-grandfather of Millicent Hammond Fenwick; fourth great-granduncle of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); third cousin twice removed of James Adams Ekin; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt; fourth cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del. Born in Delaware City, New Castle County, Del., September 25, 1738. Lawyer; delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Delaware state legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-78; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1777; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; President of Delaware, 1783-86. Died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., February 19, 1789 (age 50 years, 147 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Van Dyke and Rachael (Alee) Van Dyke; married 1766 to Elizabeth Nixon; married to Charlotte Stanley; father of Nancy Ann Van Dyke (who married Kensey Johns Sr.) and Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); grandfather of Kensey Johns Jr. and Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (who married Charles Irénée du Pont); third great-grandfather of Francis Victor du Pont; fourth great-grandfather of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; VanDyke-Johns family of New Castle, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) — of Delaware. Born in Cecil County, Md., July 20, 1744. Physician; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delaware state treasurer, 1786-89; President of Delaware, 1789-92; Governor of Delaware, 1793-96; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1798; died in office 1798. Presbyterian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 11, 1798 (age 54 years, 22 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at Bethel Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.; cenotaph at Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Eleanor (Edinfield) Clayton and James Clayton; married to Rachel (McCleary) Bassett (adoptive daughter of Richard Bassett); father of Thomas Clayton; uncle of John Middleton Clayton; second great-granduncle of Clayton Douglass Buck.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Clayton family of Dover, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Bassett (1745-1815) — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Cecil County, Md., April 2, 1745. Lawyer; member of Delaware state legislative council from Kent County, 1776-80, 1782-83; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware state senate, 1782; member of Delaware house of assembly, 1786; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1793-99; Governor of Delaware, 1799-1801; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1801-02. Methodist. Slaveowner. Died in Cecil County, Md., September 15, 1815 (age 70 years, 166 days). Original interment somewhere in Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1865 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Arnold Bassett and Judith (Thompson) Bassett; married, December 22, 1774, to Ann Ennals; adoptive father of Rachel McCleary Bassett (who married Joshua Clayton); father of Ann Nancy Bassett (who married James Asheton Bayard Sr.); grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; granduncle of Thomas Clayton; great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; second great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; third great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; fourth great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); first cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Clayton family of Dover, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831) — of Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Mine Brook, Morris County, N.J., February 17, 1756. Lawyer; member of New Jersey State Council from Middlesex County, 1798; resigned 1798; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1798-1804; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1804-24. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., January 7, 1831 (age 74 years, 324 days). Original interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment at Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of David Kirkpatrick and Mary (McEwen) Kirkpatrick; married, November 1, 1792, to Jane Bayard (daughter of John Bubenheim Bayard); father of Littleton Kirkpatrick; grandfather of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1844-1904).
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Asheton Bayard Sr. (1767-1815) — also known as "The Chevalier"; "The Goliath of His Party"; "High Priest of the Constitution" — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 28, 1767. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1797-1803; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1804-13. Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., August 6, 1815 (age 48 years, 9 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1842 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of James Asheton Bayard and Agnes or Ann (Hodge) Bayard; married, February 11, 1795, to Ann Nancy Bassett (daughter of Richard Bassett); father of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; nephew and adoptive son of John Bubenheim Bayard; grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; second great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); third great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); third great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin once removed of Littleton Kirkpatrick; first cousin twice removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin once removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin once removed of James Adams Ekin.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS James A. Bayard (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1963) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del. Born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., December 20, 1770. Member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1799; Delaware state attorney general, 1801-06; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1807-11; member of Delaware state senate, 1815-16; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1817-26; died in office 1826. Slaveowner. Died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., May 21, 1826 (age 55 years, 152 days). Interment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) and Elizabeth (Nixon) Van Dyke; married to Mary Van Leuvenigh; father of Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (who married Charles Irénée du Pont); second great-grandfather of Francis Victor du Pont; third great-grandfather of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; VanDyke-Johns family of New Castle, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Thomas Clayton (1777-1854) — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Massey, Kent County, Md., July, 1777. Lawyer; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1802-06, 1810, 1812-13; member of Delaware state senate, 1808, 1808, 1821; secretary of state of Delaware, 1808-10; Delaware state attorney general, 1810-15; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1815-17; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1824-27, 1837-47; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1828; superior court judge in Delaware, 1832. Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., August 21, 1854 (age 77 years, 0 days). Interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Clayton and Rachel Bassett (McCleary) Clayton; married to Jeannette McComb (daughter of Eleazer McComb); grandnephew of Richard Bassett; first cousin of John Middleton Clayton; first cousin thrice removed of Clayton Douglass Buck; second cousin of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin four times removed of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); third cousin once removed of John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Clayton family of Dover, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Moore Ridgely (1779-1847) — also known as Henry M. Ridgely — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Dover, Kent County, Del., August 6, 1779. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1811-15; secretary of state of Delaware, 1817-27; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1827-29. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Dover, Kent County, Del., August 6, 1847 (age 68 years, 0 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Ann (Moore) Ridgely and Dr. Charles Greenberry Ridgely; brother of Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely; married to Sarah 'Sally' Banning; married 1842 to Sarah Ann Comegys; father of Ann Ridgely (who married Charles Irénée du Pont); grandfather of Daniel M. Ridgely; great-grandfather of Charles du Pont Ridgely; second great-grandfather of Henry Johnson Ridgely.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Ridgely family of Dover, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) — also known as Richard H. Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., September 26, 1796. Whig. Mayor of Wilmington, Del., 1832-34; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1836-39, 1841-45; justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1839-41; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1851-53. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 4, 1868 (age 71 years, 160 days). Entombed at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of James Asheton Bayard Sr. and Ann (Bassett) Bayard; brother of James Asheton Bayard Jr.; married to Mary Sophia Carroll (granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton); uncle of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; grandson of Richard Bassett; grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; great-granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-granduncle of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); third great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; second cousin of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin once removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin once removed of John Sluyter Wirt; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Carroll #1 family of Baltimore, Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859) — of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., October 19, 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; Middlesex County Surrogate, 1831-36; mayor of New Brunswick, N.J., 1841-42; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1843-45. Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., August 15, 1859 (age 61 years, 300 days). Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment in 1921 at Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831) and Jane (Bayard) Kirkpatrick; uncle of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1844-1904); grandson of John Bubenheim Bayard; third great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin once removed of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; second cousin of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin four times removed of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802).
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-1869) — also known as Charles I. du Pont — Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 29, 1797. Whig. Cloth manufacturer; president, Farmers Bank of Delaware; an organizer of the Delaware Railroad; member of Delaware state senate, 1841-44, 1853-56. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 31, 1869 (age 71 years, 308 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Victor Marie du Pont=de Nemours and Gabrielle Joséphine de la Fite=de Pelleport; married, October 8, 1824, to Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (daughter of Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); granddaughter of Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789)); married to Anne Ridgely (daughter of Henry Moore Ridgely); great-grandfather of Francis Victor du Pont; second great-grandfather of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; first cousin of Henry DuPont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont, Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland, Thomas Francis Bayard III, Reynolds du Pont and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin four times removed of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV and Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political families: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware; Ridgely family of Dover, Delaware; VanDyke-Johns family of New Castle, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Asheton Bayard Jr. (1799-1880) — also known as James A. Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., November 15, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Delaware, 1837-43; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1851-64, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1860, 1864, 1868. Suffered an accidental fall while descending stairs, and died a few days later, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., June 13, 1880 (age 80 years, 211 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of James Asheton Bayard Sr. and Ann (Bassett) Bayard; brother of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868); married, July 8, 1823, to Ann Francis; father of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; grandson of Richard Bassett; grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); third great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; second cousin of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin once removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin once removed of John Sluyter Wirt; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Henry DuPont (1812-1889) — Born in New Castle County, Del., August 8, 1812. Republican. Adjutant General of Delaware, 1846-61; head of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours gunpowder manufacturing firm; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1868; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1876; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1880; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1888. French ancestry. Died in New Castle County, Del., August 8, 1889 (age 77 years, 0 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Eleuthere Irenee DuPont and Sophia Madeline (Dalmas) DuPont; married to Louisa Gebhard; father of Henry Algernon du Pont; granduncle of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont, Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; great-granduncle of Francis Victor du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland, Thomas Francis Bayard III, Reynolds du Pont and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-granduncle of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont IV and Richard Henry Bayard; first cousin of Charles Irénée du Pont.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Green Bradford (1819-1884) — also known as Edward G. Bradford — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Cecil County, Md., July 17, 1819. Republican. Lawyer; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1856 (member, Platform Committee); U.S. Attorney for Delaware, 1861-66; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1868-70; U.S. District Judge for Delaware, 1871-84; died in office 1884. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 16, 1884 (age 64 years, 183 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Bradford and Phebe (George) Bradford; married 1840 to Mary Alicia Heyward; married, February 5, 1852, to Elizabeth Roberts Canby (fourth cousin *** of Elsie Cryder Woodward); father of Edward Green Bradford II; grandfather of Edward Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; great-grandfather of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard; fifth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes; second cousin twice removed of Timothy Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789) and Robert Treat Paine; third cousin of Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin once removed of Chauncey Fitch Cleveland and Clayton Hyde Lathrop; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kitchell, Enoch Woodbridge, John Davenport, James Davenport, Ephraim Safford, Isaiah Kidder and Clayton Huntington Lathrop; fourth cousin of Ira Chandler Backus, Joshua Perkins, Julius Levi Strong, Henry Sabin and Lee Randall Sanborn; fourth cousin once removed of Abraham Davenport (1767-1837), Jonathan Usher, William Woodbridge, Dudley Woodbridge, Theodore Davenport, Charles Stetson, James Safford, Luther Kidder, Isaiah Stetson, Chester Dorman Hubbard, Delos Fall and James L. Sanborn.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., October 29, 1828. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1880, 1884; U.S. Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1892 (member, Resolutions Committee); U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-97. Died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., September 28, 1898 (age 69 years, 334 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of James Asheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married 1856 to Louisa Lee; married, November 7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; nephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (who married Joseph Gardner Bradley), Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson of Richard Bassett; great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; second cousin once removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin of Andrew Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin of John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Seymour family of New York and Connecticut; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Mount Bayard, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) — also known as Henry A. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.; Winterthur, New Castle County, Del. Born in Eleutherian Mills, New Castle County, Del., July 30, 1838. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal of Honor in 1898 for his handling of the retreat at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; president, Wilmington and Northern Railroad, 1879-1899; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1896 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1908, 1912; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1906-17; defeated, 1916; Republican Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1920. Episcopalian. Died in Winterthur, New Castle County, Del., December 31, 1926 (age 88 years, 154 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Henry DuPont and Louisa (Gerhard) du Pont; married 1874 to Mary Pauline Foster; first cousin once removed of Charles Irénée du Pont, Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont, Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin twice removed of Francis Victor du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland, Thomas Francis Bayard III, Ethel du Pont (who married Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.), Reynolds du Pont and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont IV and Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew Kirkpatrick (1844-1904) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Washington, D.C., October 8, 1844. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1885-96; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1896-1904; died in office 1904. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 3, 1904 (age 59 years, 208 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Bayard Kirkpatrick; nephew of Littleton Kirkpatrick; grandson of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831); great-grandson of John Bubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; second cousin once removed of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; third cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802) and Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949).
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Green Bradford II (1848-1928) — also known as Edward G. Bradford II — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., March 12, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1880-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1888, 1916 (alternate); delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1897; U.S. District Judge for Delaware, 1897-1918; retired 1918. Died in Clifton Heights, Delaware County, Pa., March 30, 1928 (age 80 years, 18 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Green Bradford and Mary Alicia (Heyward) Bradford; married, September 18, 1872, to Eleuthera Paulina du Pont; father of Edward Green Bradford Jr.; uncle of Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; grandfather of Henry Belin du Pont Jr.; granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; great-granduncle of Richard Henry Bayard; sixth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes; second cousin thrice removed of Timothy Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Davenport and Robert Treat Paine; third cousin once removed of Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin twice removed of Chauncey Fitch Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kitchell, Enoch Woodbridge, John Davenport, James Davenport, Ephraim Safford and Isaiah Kidder; fourth cousin of Clayton Hyde Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of Ira Chandler Backus, Joshua Perkins, Julius Levi Strong, Henry Sabin, Lee Randall Sanborn and Clayton Huntington Lathrop.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) — also known as T. Coleman du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., December 11, 1863. Republican. Engineer; president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co., and other mining firms; director, Union National Bank; owner of hotels; Delaware Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1908 (alternate), 1920 (speaker), 1924, 1928; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921; defeated, 1922; resigned 1928. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League. Died, from cancer of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., November 11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Antoine Bidermann du Pont and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont; married, January 17, 1889, to Alice Elsie du Pont; father of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married Clayton Douglass Buck) and Francis Victor du Pont; grandfather of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; second cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alfred Irénée du Pont (1864-1935) — also known as Alfred I. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., May 12, 1864. Republican. Vice-president of the DuPont Powder Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1916. Member, Sigma Chi. Died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., April 28, 1935 (age 70 years, 351 days). Entombed at Nemours Estate Carillon, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont II and Charlotte Shepard (Henderson) du Pont; married 1887 to Bessie Gardner; married 1907 to Mary Alicia Hayward Bradford; married, January 22, 1921, to Jessie Dew Ball; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont, Francis Victor du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; second cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. (1868-1942) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., June 4, 1868. Democrat. Lawyer; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1906-16; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1922-29; defeated, 1928, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee). Episcopalian. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., July 12, 1942 (age 74 years, 38 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. and Louisa (Lee) Bayard; married, October 3, 1908, to Elizabeth Bradford du Pont (first cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont and Edward Green Bradford Jr.); father of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; grandson of James Asheton Bayard Jr.; grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); grandnephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868); great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; second great-grandson of Richard Bassett; second great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; fifth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard; sixth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin once removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; fourth cousin once removed of John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) — also known as Pierre S. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 15, 1870. President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pont chemical company; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) of General Motors; director, Pennsylvania Railroad; member of Delaware state board of education, 1919-21; delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38. Member, American Philosophical Society; Phi Kappa Sigma. Died in 1954 (age about 84 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lammot du Pont and Mary (Belin) du Pont; brother of William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock); married, October 6, 1915, to Alice Belin (sister of Ferdinand Lammot Belin); uncle of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; granduncle of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Alfred Irénée du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont and Francis Victor du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont and Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; second cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; second cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Francis Irenee du Pont (1873-1942) — also known as Francis I. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., December 3, 1873. Progressive. Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1912; candidate for mayor of Wilmington, Del., 1913. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 16, 1942 (age 68 years, 103 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Francis Gurney 'Frank' du Pont and Elisa Wigfall (Simons) du Pont; married to Marianna Rhett; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Edward Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont (who married Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.); first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont and Richard Henry Bayard; second cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Victor du Pont, Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin twice removed of Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ethel Hallock du Pont (1876-1951) — also known as Ethel H. du Pont; Ethel Fleet Hallock; Mrs. W. K. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Beirut, Syria (now Lebanon), October 14, 1876. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1924, 1928; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1924. Female. Died in Singapore, Singapore, March 2, 1951 (age 74 years, 139 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Daughter of Samuel Hallock and Sara (Tabet) Hallock; married to William Kemble du Pont (brother of Pierre Samuel du Pont; uncle of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont).
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Green Bradford Jr. (1878-1927) — also known as Edward G. Bradford, Jr. — of New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., September 11, 1878. Republican. Lawyer; member of Delaware state house of representatives from New Castle County 7th District, 1909-10, 1913-14. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore, Md., December 3, 1927 (age 49 years, 83 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Eleuthera Paulina (du Pont) Bradford and Edward Green Bradford II; married 1923 to Helen Sergeant Adams; uncle of Henry Belin du Pont Jr.; grandson of Edward Green Bradford; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; seventh great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes; first cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard (who married Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.); first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont, Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont and Richard Henry Bayard; second cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Victor du Pont, Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin twice removed of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; second cousin four times removed of Timothy Pitkin; second cousin five times removed of Abraham Davenport and Robert Treat Paine; third cousin twice removed of Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Chauncey Fitch Cleveland; fourth cousin once removed of Clayton Hyde Lathrop.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard (1880-1975) — also known as Elizabeth Bradford du Pont; Mrs. Thomas Francis Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., January 23, 1880. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1944. Female. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., September 14, 1975 (age 95 years, 234 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Daughter of Alexis Irenee du Pont and Elizabeth Canby (Bradford) du Pont; married, October 3, 1908, to Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; mother of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; niece of Edward Green Bradford II; granddaughter of Edward Green Bradford; grandmother of Richard Henry Bayard; grandniece of Henry DuPont; seventh great-granddaughter of George Wyllys and John Haynes; first cousin of Francis Irenee du Pont and Edward Green Bradford Jr.; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont and Henry Belin du Pont Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Victor du Pont, Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin twice removed of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; second cousin four times removed of Timothy Pitkin; second cousin five times removed of Abraham Davenport and Robert Treat Paine; third cousin twice removed of Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Chauncey Fitch Cleveland; fourth cousin once removed of Clayton Hyde Lathrop.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Ferdinand Lammot Belin (1881-1961) — also known as F. Lammot Belin — of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa.; Washington, D.C. Born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., March 15, 1881. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1932-33. Presbyterian. Died in 1961 (age about 80 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Belin and Margaretta Elizabeth (Lammot) Belin; brother of Alice Belin (who married Pierre Samuel du Pont); married, January 17, 1912, to Frances Jermyn; father of Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Jr.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Joseph Gardner Bradley (b. 1881) — also known as J. G. Bradley — of Dundon, Clay County, W.Va. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 12, 1881. Republican. Coal mining magnate; organizer of Elk River Coal and Lumber Co.; organizer of the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad; director, Central Iron and Steel Co.; created the town of Widen, W.Va.; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916, 1928; chair of Clay County Republican Party, 1917. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Hornblower Bradley and Eliza McCormack (Cameron) Bradley; married to Mabel Bayard Warren (granddaughter of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.); grandson of Simon Cameron and Joseph Philo Bradley.
  Political families: Seymour family of New York and Connecticut; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) — also known as C. Douglass Buck — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.; New Castle, New Castle County, Del. Born near New Castle, New Castle County, Del., March 21, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; Governor of Delaware, 1929-37; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1936, 1940 (Honorary Vice-President; speaker), 1944, 1948; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1940; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1943-49; defeated, 1948. Episcopalian. Died near New Castle, New Castle County, Del., January 27, 1965 (age 74 years, 312 days). Interment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Francis Nixon Buck and Margaret (Douglass) Buck; married to Alice Hounsfield (du Pont) Wilson (daughter of Thomas Coleman du Pont; sister of Francis Victor du Pont); great-grandnephew of John Middleton Clayton; second great-grandnephew of Joshua Clayton; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas Clayton.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis Victor du Pont (1894-1962) — also known as Francis V. du Pont; Frank V. du Pont — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del.; Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md. Born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., May 28, 1894. Republican. Engineer; member, Delaware State Highway Commission, 1922-49; president, Equitable Trust Company of Wilmington; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1944, 1948; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1952; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, 1953-56. Died, from lung cancer, in University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., May 16, 1962 (age 67 years, 353 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alice (du Pont) du Pont and Thomas Coleman du Pont; brother of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married Clayton Douglass Buck); married, June 16, 1917, to Katherine Clark; married 1932 to Janet M. Gram; father of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; great-grandson of Charles Irénée du Pont; great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; second great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); third great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789); first cousin once removed of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; second cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Eugene Lammot and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third cousin of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin once removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Henry Belin du Pont Jr. (1898-1970) — also known as Henry B. du Pont — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., July 23, 1898. Republican. Vice-president, director, DuPont chemical company; director, North American Aviation Corp. and General Motors; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1936 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., April 13, 1970 (age 71 years, 264 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Belin du Pont and Eluthera (Bradford) du Pont; married, October 24, 1928, to Margaret Wilson Lewis; married, February 24, 1949, to Emily Tybout (du Pont) Smith; nephew of Pierre Samuel du Pont, William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock) and Edward Green Bradford Jr.; grandson of Edward Green Bradford II; great-grandson of Edward Green Bradford; great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont, Francis Irenee du Pont, Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis Victor du Pont, Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin once removed of Eugene Lammot, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Richard Henry Bayard; second cousin five times removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Bailey Frye Adams; eighth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Lammot Copeland Lammot du Pont Copeland (1905-1983) — also known as Lammot Copeland — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del. Born in Christiana, New Castle County, Del., May 19, 1905. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1948 (voted for Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren); delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1952 (alternate), 1956 (member, Credentials Committee); president of the DuPont chemical company, 1962-71. Died, following a heart attack, in Mount Cuba, New Castle County, Del., July 1, 1983 (age 78 years, 43 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Copeland and Louisa d'Andelot (du Pont) Copeland; married, February 1, 1930, to Pamela Cunningham; nephew of Pierre Samuel du Pont and William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock); great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr. and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis Victor du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Eugene Lammot and Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; third cousin of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin once removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Time Magazine, November 27, 1964
  Thomas Francis Bayard III (1911-1992) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard III — of New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., December 31, 1911. Democrat. Candidate for Delaware state house of representatives from New Castle County 7th District, 1956. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 9, 1992 (age 80 years, 40 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; brother of Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; uncle of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); grandson of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; grandnephew of Edward Green Bradford II; great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Jr. and Edward Green Bradford; great-grandnephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and Henry DuPont; second great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; third great-grandson of Richard Bassett; third great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; sixth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard; seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont and Edward Green Bradford Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr.; second cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin five times removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin of Francis Victor du Pont, Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; third cousin once removed of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third cousin twice removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Bailey Frye Adams; eighth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980) — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., March 15, 1918. Republican. Engineer; chemical manufacturer; member of Delaware state senate, 1959-74 (New Castle County 3rd District 1959-64, 7th District 1965-68, 6th District 1969-72, 7th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 19, 1980 (age 61 years, 341 days). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Natalie Driver (Wilson) du Pont and Lammot du Pont; married, June 29, 1942, to Katharine Lewars; nephew of Pierre Samuel du Pont and William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock); uncle of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr. and Lammot du Pont Copeland; first cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Alfred Irénée du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis Victor du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Eugene Lammot and Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; third cousin of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin once removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard (1918-1985) — also known as Alexis I. du Pont Bayard — of Rockland, New Castle County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 11, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1948 (alternate; member, Credentials Committee), 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1960, 1968; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, 1949-53; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Jaycees. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., September 3, 1985 (age 67 years, 204 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; brother of Thomas Francis Bayard III; married, April 24, 1944, to Jane Brady Hildreth; father of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); grandson of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; grandnephew of Edward Green Bradford II; great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Jr. and Edward Green Bradford; great-grandnephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and Henry DuPont; second great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; third great-grandson of Richard Bassett; third great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; sixth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard; seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont and Edward Green Bradford Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr.; second cousin once removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin five times removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin of Francis Victor du Pont, Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; third cousin once removed of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third cousin twice removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Bailey Frye Adams; eighth great-grandson of George Wyllys and John Haynes.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1921-1994) — also known as Eleuthere I. du Pont; "Brud" — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 21, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; banker; insurance executive; treasurer of Delaware Republican Party, 1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1956. Died, from a heart attack in his office, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., March 29, 1994 (age 72 years, 312 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Katherine (Clark) du Pont and Francis Victor du Pont; married to Arminda Dunning; grandson of Thomas Coleman du Pont; second great-grandson of Charles Irénée du Pont; second great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; third great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); fourth great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789); first cousin twice removed of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; second cousin once removed of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin twice removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; third cousin of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; fourth cousin of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Pierre Samuel du Pont IV (1935-2021) — also known as Pete du Pont — of Rockland, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 22, 1935. Republican. Lawyer; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1969-70; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1971-77; Governor of Delaware, 1977-85; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1988. Episcopalian. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., May 8, 2021 (age 86 years, 106 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Pierre Samuel du Pont III and Jane (Holcomb) du Pont; married to Elise du Pont; nephew of Reynolds du Pont; grandnephew of Pierre Samuel du Pont; second great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin once removed of Henry Belin du Pont Jr. and Lammot du Pont Copeland; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Alfred Irénée du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin four times removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Victor du Pont; second cousin twice removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; third cousin of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; third cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; fourth cousin of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Elise du Pont (b. 1935) — also known as Elise Ravenel Wood — of Rockland, New Castle County, Del. Born December 27, 1935. Republican. Lawyer; Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1983; candidate for U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1984. Female. Still living as of 1984.
  Relatives: Daughter of Richard Davis Wood, Jr. and Margaretta Clarissa (Duane) Wood; married to Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third great-granddaughter of William John Duane and Benjamin Wood Richards; third great-grandniece of Richard Bache Jr.; fourth great-granddaughter of Richard Bache; fifth great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin; fifth great-grandniece of William Henry Rossell; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Walker Irwin.
  Political family: DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949) — also known as Richard Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born about 1949. Democrat. Aide to Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, 1972-76; lawyer; member of Democratic National Committee from Delaware, 1988-97, 2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1997. Still living as of 2004.
  Relatives: Son of Jane Brady (Hildreth) Bayard and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; nephew of Thomas Francis Bayard III; grandson of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. and Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard; great-grandson of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; great-grandnephew of Edward Green Bradford II; second great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Jr. and Edward Green Bradford; second great-grandnephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and Henry DuPont; third great-grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; fourth great-grandson of Richard Bassett; fourth great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; seventh great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard; first cousin twice removed of Francis Irenee du Pont and Edward Green Bradford Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; first cousin four times removed of Charles Irénée du Pont; second cousin once removed of Henry Belin du Pont Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; second cousin four times removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; third cousin once removed of Francis Victor du Pont, Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; third cousin thrice removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; fourth cousin of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; DuPont-Bayard family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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