1884 Democratic National Convention
The 1884 Democratic National Convention was held July 8–11, 1884 and chose Governor Grover Cleveland of New York their presidential nominee with the former Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana as the vice presidential nominee.
Nominees Cleveland and Hendricks
Senator Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware
Former Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana
Former House Speaker Samuel J. Randall of Pennsylvania
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.
Official portrait, c. 1870's
Bayard's father, James A. Bayard Jr., who served as a United States Senator from Delaware in the 1850s and 1860s
Photograph of Thomas F. Bayard, c. 1870
A cartoon from the April 9, 1870, issue of Harper's Weekly anticipates the resumption of government payments in precious-metal coins. "Brother Jonathan" was a personification of the United States before "Uncle Sam".
