Thomas Bayly (September 13, 1775 – 1829) was a slave owner and

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from the eighth district of

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, serving from 1817 to 1823. Born at the ''Wellington'' estate near

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, Bayly attended private schools and later graduated from

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in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in

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and

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Counties, Maryland. Bayly served as a member of the

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from 1804 to 1814. He was elected as a

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to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth congresses, serving from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1823. He resumed the practice of law afterwards, and died at his home, ''Wellington'' in 1829. He is interred in the family cemetery on the grounds of his estate.

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1775 births 1829 deaths Members of the Maryland House of Delegates People from Wicomico County, Maryland Princeton University alumni Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland {{Maryland-politician-stub