Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1899 — HAYWARD NAMED SENATOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAYWARD NAMED SENATOR.

Receives Seventy-four Votes in the Nebraska Joint Session In joint session of the Nebraska Legislature, M. L. Hayward was elected United States Senator to succeed William V. Allen. He received 74 votes, the solid Republican membership, with the exception of one absent. This ended the long and at times bitter contest. Judge Hayward was born in Willsboro, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1840. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the Twentysecond New York infantry, and was afterward transferred to the Fifth cavalry. He was discharged in December, 1862, owing to disability arising from sickness. On returning home he entered Fort Edwards College Institute, where he com-

pleted his education. His father had removed to Wisconsin, and young Hayward followed. He studied law at Whitewater and went to Nebraska in 1867, settling at Nebraska City, where he has since resided. He never held any office except that of member of the State constitutional convention in 1873 and a short term on the bench in 1886, when he filled out the remainder of a term by appointment from the Governor. He has a wife, one daughter and two sons, one of whom, Edwin P., is a surgeon in the United States army. The other, William H., is a lawyer, and was a captain in the Second Nebraska regiment during the late war. The new Senator has accumulated a comfortable fortune.

M. L. HAYWARD.