Elijah Ward

Elijah Ward

Elijah Ward (born September 16, 1816 in Sing Sing (now Ossining ), New York , † February 7, 1882 in Roslyn , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1857 and 1859, then between 1861 and 1865 and finally between 1875 and 1877 . Congressman Aaron Ward was his uncle.

Career

Elijah Ward was born in Sing Sing about a year and a half after the end of the British-American War . He pursued classical ancient studies . He then went on to do business in New York City and attended New York University's law school at the same time . He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and then began practicing in New York City. Between 1853 and 1855 he was a Judge Advocate General in New York. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In 1856 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati .

In the congressional elections of 1856 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of New York , where he succeeded Thomas Child junior on March 4, 1857 . In 1858 he suffered a defeat in his re-election and resigned from Congress on March 3, 1859 . In 1860 he ran again for a congress seat. After successful re-election, he took over from George Briggs on March 4, 1861 . In the congressional election of 1862 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the sixth constituency of New York, where he succeeded Frederick A. Conkling on March 4, 1863 . In 1864 he suffered a defeat in his renewed candidacy and left the Congress on March 3, 1865.

He then resumed his practice in New York City.

Ward was in the year 1874 , selected in the eighth electoral district of New York in the US House of Representatives where he succeeds on March 4, 1875 John D. Lawson took. In 1876 he suffered a defeat in his re-election and resigned from Congress on March 3, 1877. As a congressman, he chaired the Committee on Commerce ( 44th Congress ).

He died on March 7, 1877 in Roslyn and was buried in the cemetery there. His remains were, however, reburied in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City in 1893 .

Web links

• Elijah Ward in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Elijah Ward in the database of Find a Grave (English)