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 1857-1859, then 1861-1865 and finally 1875-1877 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Aaron Ward was his uncle.

Career

Elijah Ward was born about one and a half year after the end of the British - American War in Sing Sing. He pursued classical antiquity science. Then he went to New York City and attended by commercial shops in the same time the law faculty of New York University. His admission to the bar he received in 1843 and then began to practice in New York City. From 1853 to 1855 he worked as a Judge Advocate General in New York. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1856 he took part in Cincinnati as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.

In the congressional elections of 1856 he was in the seventh election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Child junior on March 4, 1857. In 1858 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after the March 3, 1859 from the Congress of. In 1860 he ran again for a congress seat. After the successful re-election, he resigned on March 4, 1861 is the successor of George Briggs. In the congressional elections of 1862, he was elected in the sixth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Frederick A. Conkling on March 4, 1863. In 1864 he suffered in his renewed candidacy defeat and retired after the March 3, 1865 from the Congress of.

Then he took in New York City his work as a lawyer on.

Ward was elected in 1874 in the eighth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of John D. Lawson on March 4, 1875. In 1876 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after March 3, 1877 the Congress of. As a Congressman he had presided over the Committee on Commerce ( 44th Congress ).

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