Matthias Ward

Matthias Ward

Matthias Ward (born October 13, 1805 in Elbert County , Georgia , † October 5, 1861 in Raleigh , North Carolina ) was an American politician .

Life

Matthias Ward grew up in Madison County ( Alabama on) where he in Huntsville , the college graduated. After working as a teacher for two years, he studied law . In 1836 he moved to Texas and first settled in Montague County before he found his new home in Clarksville in Red River County in 1845 .

Political career

Ward served several years in the Republic of Texas Congress and was elected a Democrat to the Texas Senate in 1849 . The early 1850s were marked by a series of failures. Ward ran for Vice Governor of Texas in 1851 and for a seat in the US House of Representatives in 1855 ; however, both times he suffered an election defeat.

Ward was still considered a popular Democrat who represented his party at the Baltimore Convention in 1852 and that in Cincinnati in 1856 . He was also named party leader of the Texan Democrats in 1856.

After the death of US Senator James Pinckney Henderson in June 1858, Ward was appointed as his successor and served from September 27, 1858 to December 5, 1859. A renewed candidacy for the office of US Senator was unsuccessful.

Late life

Matthias Ward died in Raleigh two years after leaving the Senate. His grave is in Nashville , Tennessee . Although nothing is known about Ward's personal life, it is known that he was a member of the Freemasons .

Web links

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

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