David Jenkins Ward

David Jenkins Ward (born September 17, 1871 in Salisbury , Maryland , †  February 18, 1961 ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1945 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Ward attended public schools in his home country. In the following years he worked as a farmer, lumberjack and in trade. He was also active in the real estate market. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1915 and 1917 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives ; from 1918 to 1926 he was party chairman of the Democrats in Wicomico County . Between 1926 and 1934 and in 1938 and 1939 he was a member of the State Senate .

After the resignation of MP Thomas Alan Goldsborough , Ward was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for the by-election for the first Maryland seat , where he took up his new mandate on June 8, 1939. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1945 . Further New Deal laws were passed there by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt by 1941 . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1944 Ward was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he no longer appeared politically. He died on February 18, 1961 in his hometown of Salisbury.

Web links

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

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