Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840December 5, 1899) was a politician from
Nebraska. He was elected to become a Senator of Nebraska in 1899, dying before taking the oath of office.
Life and career
Hayward was born in
Willsboro, New York. He served during the Civil War in the Twenty-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and in the Fifth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry. He graduated from
Fort Edward Collegiate Institute
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, New York, in 1865. Hayward then studied law in
Whitewater, Wisconsin; he was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in
Nebraska City, Nebraska. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1873. He became judge of the district court of Nebraska in 1886.
Hayward was elected as a
Republican to the
United States Senate on March 8, 1899, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1899. This delay was caused by the failure of the
Nebraska Legislature to elect a Senator by the start of the term. He did not take the Senate's
oath of office
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before his death and was hence never officially a Senator, both because his health deteriorated after his election, and the Senate had adjourned. He died in
Nebraska City
Nebraska City is a city in Nebraska, and the county seat of, Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,289.
The Nebraska State Legislature has credited Nebraska City as being the oldest incorporated ...
,
Nebraska on December 5, 1899, while in a coma. He was interred in
Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka.
History
Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the ...
.
Sources at the time noted that while he was a Republican, the Governor appointing his replacement,
William A. Poynter
William Amos Poynter (May 29, 1848 – April 5, 1909) was a Nebraska politician and the tenth Governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, running under a fusion ticket between the Populist Party and the Democratic Party. He had previously also bee ...
was a
Populist. He was hence replaced by Populist
William V. Allen
William Vincent Allen (January 28, 1847January 12, 1924) was an American jurist and twice a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Nebraska.
Early life
Allen was born in Midway, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Iowa in 1857, where he attend ...
. ''The Courier'' wrote: "Ethically as a republican senator was elected and has
died a republican should be appointed to take his place, but such transcendental politics is still unheard of in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-nine."
His son, Colonel
William Hayward, commanded the 369th Infantry Regiment during the First World War, known as the
Harlem Hellfighters.
His grandson was Broadway producer
Leland Hayward
Leland Hayward (September 13, 1902 – March 18, 1971) was a Hollywood and Broadway agent and theatrical producer. He produced the original Broadway stage productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein's '' South Pacific'' and ''The Sound of Music''.
...
, and the writer
Brooke Hayward
Brooke Hayward (born July 5, 1937) is an American actress and model. Her memoir, '' Haywire'' was a best-seller.
Early life and education
Born in Los Angeles, Hayward is the eldest of three children born to agent turned film, television, and s ...
is his great-granddaughter.
See also
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References
*U.S. Congress. ''Memorial Addresses for Monroe L. Hayward''. 56th Cong., 1st sess., 1900. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900.
Retrieved on 2008-11-05
External links
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