What is Monroe Hayward?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Monroe Hayward |image = HAYWARD, Monroe Leland,.jpg |office = [[United States Senator]]-elect<br>from [[Nebraska]] |term = '''''Died before taking office''''' |predecessor = [[William V. Allen]] |successor = William V. Allen |birth_name = Monroe Leland Hayward |birth_date = {{birth date|1840|12|22}} |birth_place = [[Willsboro, New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1899|12|5|1840|12|22}} |death_place = [[Nebraska City]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |children = [[William Hayward (American attorney)|William Hayward]] |relatives = [[Leland Hayward]] (grandson)<br>[[Brooke Hayward]] (great-granddaughter) |occupation = Lawyer }} '''Monroe Leland Hayward''' (December 22, 1840 – December 5, 1899) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer and politician. He was a [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]]. He was elected to become a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Nebraska]] in March 1899. However, he died in late 1899, before taking the oath of office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000409|title=Hayward, Monroe Leland|work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> Hayward was born in [[Willsboro, New York]]. He served in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. He studied law in [[Whitewater, Wisconsin]]. His son, [[William Hayward (American attorney)|William Hayward]], was a lawyer and commander of the [[Harlem Hellfighters]] during [[World War I]]. His grandson was Broadway producer [[Leland Hayward]]. The actress and writer [[Brooke Hayward]] is his great-granddaughter. Hayward died in [[Nebraska City]] on December 5, 1899, while [[comatose]]. He was 58. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayward, Monroe Leland}} [[Category:1840 births]] [[Category:1899 deaths]] [[Category:lawyers from Nebraska]] [[Category:Lawyers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Military personnel of the American Civil War]] [[C