James Hugh Ward

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James Hugh Ward

James Hugh Ward (born November 30, 1853 in Chicago , Illinois , †  August 15, 1916 there ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1887 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Ward attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1873 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana . After a subsequent law degree at the Union College of Law in Chicago and his admission to the bar in 1876, he began to work in this profession. In 1879 he became mayor of West Chicago . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1884 Ward was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded George R. Davis on March 4, 1885 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1886, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877 . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Ward practiced again as a lawyer in Chicago, where he died on August 15, 1916.

Web links

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