Monroe Hayward

Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840 – December 5, 1899) was a politician from Nebraska. He was elected to become a Senator of Nebraska in 1899, dying before taking the oath of office.

Monroe Hayward
United States Senator-elect
from Nebraska
In office
Died before taking office
Preceded byWilliam V. Allen
Succeeded byWilliam V. Allen
Personal details
Born
Monroe Leland Hayward

(1840-12-22)December 22, 1840
Willsboro, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 5, 1899(1899-12-05) (aged 58)
Nebraska City, Nebraska, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
RelativesLeland Hayward (grandson)
EducationFort Edward Collegiate Institute

Life and career

Hayward was born in Willsboro, 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 from Fort Edward Collegiate Institute, New York, in 1865. Hayward then studied law in Whitewater, Wisconsin; he was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Nebraska 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 a Republican to the United 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 the Nebraska Legislature to elect a Senator by the start of the term. He did not take the Senate's oath 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 in Nebraska City, Nebraska on December 5, 1899, while in a coma.[4] He was interred in Wyuka Cemetery.

Sources at the time noted that while he was a Republican, the Governor appointing his replacement, William A. Poynter was a Populist. He was hence replaced by Populist William V. Allen. The Courier wrote: "Ethically as a republican senator was elected and has died 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, Colonel William Hayward, commanded the 369th Infantry Regiment during the First World War, known as the Harlem Hellfighters.

His grandson was Broadway producer Leland Hayward, and the writer Brooke Hayward is his great-granddaughter.

See also

References
  1. "Death of Senator Hayward Announced by Senator Thurston". The McCook Tribune. December 15, 1899. p. 3. The Nebraska senator had not taken the oath and was not yet formally a member of that body.
  2. "Senator Hayward a Teacher, Laborer". The Frontier. November 13, 1899. p. 11. Monroe L. Hayward, elected to the United States Senate by the legislature on March 5, 1899, died December 5, 1899, before he had qualified.
  3. Memorial addresses on the life and character of Monroe L. Hayward : (late a senator from Nebraska). Washington : Government Printing Office, 1900. 1900. p. 52.
  4. "Senator Hayward passes away". The Loup City Northwestern. December 15, 1899. p. 3. 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.
  5. "Senator Monroe L. Hayward". The Courier. December 9, 1899. p. 1.
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