{{Short description|American politician}} {{For|the physician|William Baylies (physician)}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000256. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | birth_name = William Baylies | honorific_prefix = | name = William Baylies | honorific_suffix = | caption = | office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1809 | term_end1 = June 28, 1809 | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th district]] | predecessor1 = [[Joseph Barker (Massachusetts politician)|Joseph Barker]] | successor1 = [[Charles Turner, Jr.]] | term_start2 = March 4, 1813 | term_end2 = March 3, 1817 | constituency2 = [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th district]] (1813–15)<br>[[Massachusetts's 8th congressional district|8th district]] (1815–17) | predecessor2 = [[Charles Turner Jr.]] | successor2 = [[John W. Hulbert]] | term_start3 = March 4, 1833 | term_end3 = March 3, 1835 | constituency3 = [[Massachusetts's 10th congressional district|10th district]] | predecessor3 = [[Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn|Henry A. S. Dearborn]] | successor3 = [[Nathaniel B. Borden]] | office4 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term4 = 1808–1809<br>1812–1813<br>1820–1821 | office5 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term5 = 1825–1826<br>1830–1831 | birth_date = September 15, 1776 | birth_place = [[Dighton, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1865|9|27|1776|9|15}} | death_place = [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], U.S. | resting_place = Dighton Town Cemetery<br>Dighton, Massachusetts | spouse = | children = | relations = Francis Baylies | party = [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]]<br>[[Jackson Federalist]]<br>[[National Republican Party|National Republican]] | alma_mater = [[Brown University]] | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''William Baylies''' (September 15, 1776 – September 27, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served four non-consecutive terms as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]] in the early to mid-19th century.
He was the brother of congressman [[Francis Baylies]]. His great-grandfather was [[Thomas Baylies]], an ironmaster from [[Coalbrookdale]], England, who immigrated to [[Boston]] in 1737.
== Biography == Baylies was born in [[Dighton, Massachusetts]], in 1776, the son of Dr. William Baylies (1743–1826).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uauYBOCKCS0C&dq=William%20Baylies%20(September%2015%2C%201776&pg=PA234 History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1883]</ref> He graduated from [[Brown University]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]], in 1795 where he studied law.
=== Early career === He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in Bridgewater (west parish) in 1799 and served as member of the State house of representatives in 1808, 1809, 1812, 1813, 1820, and 1821 and in the State Senate in 1825, 1826, 1830, and 1831.
He was elected a member of the [[American Antiquarian Society]] in 1814.<ref>[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistb American Antiquarian Society Members Directory]</ref>
=== Contested election === Baylies was credentialed and seated in the 11th Congress, but the election was contested by his opponent [[Charles Turner Jr.]] Turner had won a majority of the ballots in the November 1808 election, but the Governor ruled that no one had received a majority because nearly 20% of Turner's votes had been cast for "Charles Turner" and the rest for "Charles Turner, Jr." The Governor called for a special election that Baylies won and he took the seat. But Turner successfully argued that the votes that omitted "Jr." were clearly intended for him. The special election was deemed void and on June 28 Baylies was deemed unentitled to the seat.<ref>{{cite book |title=Hind's Precedents |date=875 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1/pdf/GPO-HPREC-HINDS-V1.pdf |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
=== Congress === Baylies was then elected as a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] to the [[13th United States Congress|Thirteenth]] and [[14th United States Congress|Fourteenth]] Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817). He was elected as an [[National Republican Party|Anti-Jacksonian]] to the [[23rd United States Congress|Twenty-third]] Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835).
=== Death and burial === He died in [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], on September 27, 1865. Interment was in Dighton Town Cemetery, [[Dighton, Massachusetts]].
==References== {{Reflist}} {{CongBio|B000256}}
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * {{Find a Grave|25843046}}
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