Francis Baylies

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Francis Baylies (October 16, 1783 - October 28, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of William Baylies.

Born in Taunton, Massachusetts, Baylies studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Taunton, Massachusetts. Register of probate for Bristol County 1812-1820. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1818 to the Sixteenth Congress.

Baylies was elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth Congress, a Jackson Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress, and a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1827). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1827 for reelection to the Twentieth Congress. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1827-1832. United States Chargé d'Affaires to Argentina, 1832.

Baylies was again elected to the State house of representatives in 1835. He engaged in literary pursuits. He died in Taunton, Massachusetts, October 28, 1852. He was interred in the Old Plain Cemetery.

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• Francis Baylies at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by John M. Forbes	United States Chargé d'Affaires, Argentina 15 June 1832–26 September 1832	Succeeded by William Brent, Jr.