# David Baird Jr.

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{about|the U.S. senator, David Baird Jr.|his father, also a U.S. senator|David Baird Sr.}}

{{Infobox officeholder
|name                = David Baird Jr.
|image = DavidBairdJr.jpg
|jr/sr              = United States Senator
|state               = [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)
|term_start          = November 30, 1929
|term_end            = December 2, 1930
|appointer           = [Morgan Foster Larson](/source/Morgan_Foster_Larson)
|predecessor         = [Walter Evans Edge](/source/Walter_Evans_Edge)
|successor           = [Dwight Morrow](/source/Dwight_Morrow)
|birth_name         = David Baird Jr.
|birth_date         = {{birth date|1881|10|10}}
|birth_place        = [Camden](/source/Camden%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)
|death_date         = {{death date and age|1955|2|28|1881|10|10}}
|death_place        = Camden, New Jersey
|party               = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|parents = [David Baird Sr.](/source/David_Baird_Sr.)
}}
'''David Baird Jr.''' (October 10, 1881{{spaced ndash}}February 28, 1955)  was a [U.S. senator](/source/United_States_Senate) from [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey).

==Biography==
Born in [Camden, New Jersey](/source/Camden%2C_New_Jersey) to Senator [David Baird](/source/David_Baird_(New_Jersey)), Baird Jr. graduated from [Lawrenceville School](/source/Lawrenceville_School) in 1899 and from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) in 1903. Like his father, he engaged in the [lumber](/source/lumber) business and [banking](/source/banking) in Camden from 1903 to 1929.

On November 30, 1929, Baird was appointed as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Walter Evans Edge](/source/Walter_Evans_Edge). He served from November 30, 1929, to December 2, 1930, when a duly elected successor was qualified. Baird was not a candidate for election to the vacancy in 1930.

Baird was an unsuccessful candidate for [Governor of New Jersey](/source/Governor_of_New_Jersey) in 1931, after which he resumed former business pursuits.

He was appointed by the Governor to the [Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission](/source/Delaware_River_Joint_Toll_Bridge_Commission) to fill an unexpired term in 1938. He then worked as [insurance broker](/source/insurance_broker), and died in Camden in 1955, aged 73. He was interred in [Harleigh Cemetery](/source/Harleigh_Cemetery%2C_Camden).

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{CongBio|B000053}}
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailhache-bakanatch.html#R9M0IOFT2 David Baird Jr.] at [The Political Graveyard](/source/The_Political_Graveyard)
* {{Find a Grave|12846|David Baird Jr.}}

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{{succession box | before=[Walter Evans Edge](/source/Walter_Evans_Edge) | title=[U.S. Senator (Class 2) from New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey's_congressional_delegations) | years=1929–1930 | after=[Dwight Morrow](/source/Dwight_Morrow)}}
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title= [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) Nominee for [Governor of New Jersey](/source/Governor_of_New_Jersey)|
before=[Morgan Foster Larson](/source/Morgan_Foster_Larson)|
after=[Harold G. Hoffman](/source/Harold_G._Hoffman)|
years=[1931](/source/1931_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election)}}
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Category:1881 births
Category:1955 deaths
Category:Bankers from New Jersey
Category:Lawrenceville School alumni
Category:New Jersey Republicans
Category:Politicians from Camden, New Jersey
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:Republican Party United States senators from New Jersey
Category:Burials at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden
Category:20th-century United States senators

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