William Hayward Jr. (1787October 19, 1836) was an American politician. Born at ''Shipshead'', near

Easton, Maryland Easton is an incorporated town in and the county seat of Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,945 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population in 2019 of 16,671. The primary ZIP Code is 21601, and the secondary ...

, Hayward attended Easton Academy and graduated from

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in 1808. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809, and commenced practice in Easton. He served as a member of the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, ...

from 1818 to 1820, and was elected as a

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to the Eighteenth Congress from the seventh congressional district of Maryland. He served one term from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825. Afterwards, he continued the practice of law in Easton until his death there. He is interred in the family burial ground on his estate, ''Shipshead''.

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1787 births 1836 deaths Members of the Maryland House of Delegates Princeton University alumni People from Talbot County, Maryland Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland 19th-century American politicians {{Maryland-politician-stub