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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyDavid BAIRD
(1839-1927)
Senate Years of Service:
1918-1919Party: RepublicanBAIRD, David, (father of
David Baird, Jr.), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Londonderry,
County Derry, Ireland, April 7, 1839; attended the common schools;
immigrated to the United States in 1856 and entered the lumber
business in Port Deposit, Md.; moved in 1860 to Camden, N.J., where
he continued in the lumber business and also engaged in banking;
member of the board of chosen freeholders of Camden County
1876-1880; sheriff of Camden County 1887-1889 and 1895-1897; member
of the State board of assessors in 1895 and 1901-1909; unsuccessful
candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1910;
appointed on February 23, 1918, and subsequently elected on
November 5, 1918, as a Republican to the United States Senate to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Hughes and served
from February 23, 1918, to March 3, 1919; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1918; resumed his former business pursuits in
Camden, N.J., where he died on February 25, 1927; interment in
Harleigh Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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