Monroe Hayward | |
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| United States Senator-elect fromNebraska | |
| In office Died before taking office | |
| Preceded by | William V. Allen |
| Succeeded by | William V. Allen |
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| Born | Monroe Leland Hayward (1840-12-22)December 22, 1840 Willsboro, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 5, 1899(1899-12-05) (aged 58) Nebraska City, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Children | William Hayward |
| Relatives | Leland Hayward (grandson) Brooke Hayward (great-granddaughter) |
| Education | Fort Edward Collegiate Institute |
Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840 – December 5, 1899) was an American politician fromNebraska. He was elected to become a Senator of Nebraska in 1899, dying before taking the oath of office.
Hayward was born inWillsboro, New York. He served during the Civil War in the Twenty-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and in the Fifth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry. He graduated fromFort Edward Collegiate Institute, New York, in 1865. Hayward then studied law inWhitewater, Wisconsin; he was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice inNebraska City, Nebraska. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1873. He became judge of the district court of Nebraska in 1886.
Hayward was elected as aRepublican to theUnited States Senate on March 8, 1899, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1899. This delay was caused by the failure of theNebraska Legislature to elect a Senator by the start of the term. He did not take the Senate'soath of office before his death and was hence never officially a Senator,[1][2] both because his health deteriorated after his election, and the Senate had adjourned.[3] He died inNebraska City,Nebraska on December 5, 1899, while in a coma.[4] He was interred inWyuka Cemetery.
Sources at the time noted that while he was a Republican, the Governor appointing his replacement,William A. Poynter was aPopulist. He was hence replaced by PopulistWilliam V. Allen.The Courier wrote: "Ethically as a republican senator was elected and hasdied a republican should be appointed to take his place, but such transcendental politics is still unheard of in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-nine."[5]
His son, ColonelWilliam Hayward, commanded the 369th Infantry Regiment during the First World War, known as theHarlem Hellfighters.
His grandson was Broadway producerLeland Hayward, and the actress/writerBrooke Hayward is his great-granddaughter.
The Nebraska senator had not taken the oath and was not yet formally a member of that body.
Monroe L. Hayward, elected to the United States Senate by the legislature on March 5, 1899, died December 5, 1899, before he had qualified.
He did not rally from the comatose condition into which he sank but passed away as silently and peace fully as if he had fallen into a natural slumber.
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| Preceded by John McColl | Republican nominee forGovernor of Nebraska 1898 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. Senator-elect (Class 1) from Nebraska 1899 Served alongside:John Thurston | Succeeded by |
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