History of Nebraska City, (Otoe County) Nebraska United States of America

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Monroe Leland Hayward, lawyer, was born at Willsboro, Essex county, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1840; son of William J. and Betsey (Leland) Hayward; grandson of David and Lucretia (Chapman) Hayward and of Col. Thomas and Priscilla (Seaman) Leland; and a descendant of Henry Leland, who was born in England in 1626, came to America in 1652, and died in Sherburne, Mass., in 1680. His grandfather, Col. Thomas Leland, served at the battle of Plattsburg, Sept. 11, 1814; and his great grandfather, Ephraim Hayward, was with Washington at Valley Forge and served in the American army throughout the Revolution. Monroe served in the civil war in the 5th New York cavalry, 1861-63, and was graduated from Fort Edward collegiate institute, New York, in 1866. He studied law at Fort Edward, N.Y., and Whitewater, Wis., in 1867, and settled at Nebraska City, Neb., in the fall of 1867, where he practised, 1867-87. He was chosen president of the Otoe County national bank in 1892; a member of the state constitutional convention in 1875; judge of the district court of Nebraska in 1887; chairman of five state conventions, and the Republican candidate for governor of Nebraska in 1898. He was elected to the U.S. senate in 1899 for the term ending March 3, 1905, but did not live to take his seat in the 56th congress. He died at Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 5, 1899.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Nebraska City, (Otoe County) Nebraska

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