Almanac
Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. U.S. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two year term. The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators for six years that also began March 4. In this case he was initially completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Wells.
| Public Offices | ||||||
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| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Philadelphia | March 4, 1797 | March 3, 1799 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Philadelphia | March 4, 1799 | March 3, 1801 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1801 | March 3, 1803 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | January 15, 1805 | March 3, 1805 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1805 | March 3, 1811 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1811 | March 3, 1813 | ||
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
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| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1797–1799 | 5th | U.S. House | Federalist | John Adams | at-large | |
| 1799–1801 | 6th | U.S. House | Federalist | John Adams | at-large | |
| 1801–1803 | 7th | U.S. House | Republican | Thomas Jefferson | at-large | |
| 1803–1805 | 8th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Thomas Jefferson | class 2 | |
| 1805–1807 | 9th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Thomas Jefferson | class 2 | |
| 1807–1809 | 10th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Thomas Jefferson | class 2 | |
| 1809–1811 | 11th | U.S. Senate | Republican | James Madison | class 2 | |
| 1811–1813 | 12th | U.S. Senate | Republican | James Madison | class 2 | |
| Election results | |||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1796 | U.S. Representative | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 2,292 | 56% | William Peery | Republican | 1,783 | 44% | ||
| 1798 | U.S. Representative | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 2,792 | 61% | Archibald Alexander | Republican | 2,142 | 39% | ||
| 1800 | U.S. Representative | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 2,674 | 53% | John Patten | Republican | 2,340 | 47% | ||
| 1802 | U.S. Representative | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 3,406 | 50% | Caesar A. Rodney | Republican | 3,421 | 50% | ||
| 1804 | U.S. Representative | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 4,398 | 52% | Caesar A. Rodney | Republican | 4,038 | 48% | ||
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