Jeffery Hayward

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Jeffery Hayward

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|4|3}}

| birth_place = Lynn, Massachusetts

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| occupation = Politician

| residence = Lynn, Massachusetts

| party = Democrat

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| alma_mater = Saint Anselm College

| title = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 10th Essex District

| term_start = 1991

| term_end = 1995

| predecessor = Vincent Lozzi

| successor = Robert Fennell

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Jeffery J. Hayward (born April 3, 1960 in Lynn, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represented the 10th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991–1995.{{cite book |title=1993–1994 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19931994bost#page/144/mode/2up }} He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives seat in Massachusetts's 6th congressional district in 1994, but lost in the Democratic primary to John F. Tierney by 538 votes.{{cite book |title=Massachusetts Election Statistics 1994 | year=1994 | url=https://archive.org/stream/massachusettsele1994mass#page/190/mode/2up }}

From 1986–1991 he was the Chief of Staff to Lynn Mayor Albert V. DiVirgilio.