Succeeded by William V. Allen | Children Colonel William Hayward Name Monroe Hayward | |
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Born December 22, 1840Willsboro, New York ( 1840-12-22 ) Role Former United States Senator Great grandchildren Brooke Hayward, William Hayward, Bridget Hayward | ||
Previous office Senator (NE) 1899–1899 | ||
Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840 – December 5, 1899) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Biography
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 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 died before qualifying for the seat; he died in Nebraska City, Nebraska on December 5, 1899, and was interred in Wyuka Cemetery.
His son, Colonel William Hayward, was a celebrated hero of the First World War who commanded the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters.
His grandson, Col. Hayward's son, was Broadway producer Leland Hayward; and the writer Brooke Hayward is his great-granddaughter.