Thomas F. Bayard, American lawyer, politician and diplomat (born 1828)

Thomas Francis Bayard was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democrat, he served three terms as the United States Senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him Secretary of State. After four years in private life, he returned to the diplomatic arena as Ambassador to Great Britain.

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.