Artemas Ward junior

Artemas Ward Jr. (born January 9, 1762 in Shrewsbury , Worcester County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † October 7, 1847 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1817 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Artemas Ward was the son of the major general and congressman of the same name Artemas Ward (1727-1800). He was also the brother-in-law of Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), who, among other things, represented the State of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress . He attended Harvard University until 1783 . After studying law and his admission to the bar in 1783, he began to work in Weston in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Federalist Party . Between 1796 and 1800 and again in 1811 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts . Since 1800 he lived in Charlestown . From 1810 to 1844 he was a member of the board of directors of Harvard University. In the run-up to the British-American War of 1812 , he was one of the leaders of the opposition to that war.

In the congressional election of 1812 Ward was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Josiah Quincy on March 4, 1813 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1817 . These were initially shaped by the events of the war of 1812. Ward served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1818 and 1819 . In 1820 he was a member of an assembly to revise the state constitution . Between 1820 and 1839 he was the presiding judge on the Massachusetts Court of Appeals. Artemas Ward died in Boston on October 7, 1847.

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SURNAME	Ward, Artemas Junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 9, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shrewsbury , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1847
Place of death	Boston , Massachusetts