Thomas McKee Bayne | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's23rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander G. Cochran |
| Succeeded by | William A. Stone |
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| Born | (1836-06-14)June 14, 1836 Bellevue, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 16, 1894(1894-06-16) (aged 58) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
Thomas McKee Bayne (June 14, 1836 – June 16, 1894) was an officer in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War, a lawyer, adistrict attorney, and aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Towards the end of his life, Bayne was worried that he may be suffering from alung hemorrhage. He shot himself dead, two days after his 58th birthday.[1]
Bayne was born inBellevue, Pennsylvania.[2] He attended the public schools andWestminster College inNew Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He studied law. During theAmerican Civil War, he entered theUnion Army in July 1862 ascolonel of the136th Pennsylvania Infantry.[3]
He took part in the battles ofFredericksburg andChancellorsville. He resumed the study of law in 1865, and was admitted to the bar of Allegheny County in April 1866. He was elected as district attorney forAllegheny County, Pennsylvania in October 1870 and held the office until January 1, 1874.[3]
Bayne was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874. He was elected as a Republican to theForty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses. He was renominated as a candidate for reelection to theFifty-second Congress, but declined to accept the nomination, retiring from public life and active business pursuits.[3]
While still a congressman, Bayne became the first editor and publisher ofThe Evening Penny Press, a newspaper later known asThe Pittsburgh Press.[4]
As a result of concerns about alung hemorrhage, he shot himself dead, two days after his 58th birthday, inWashington, D.C. in 1894.[5] He was interred inUnion Dale Cemetery,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3]
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