Artemas Ward, Jr.

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

Career

Artemas Ward was the son of the Major-General and Congressman Artemas Ward ( 1727-1800 ). He was also the brother in law of Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), who represented, among others, the state of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress. He attended Harvard University until 1783. After studying law and his 1783 was admitted to the bar he began in Weston to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Federalist Party, a political career. Between 1796 and 1800, and again in 1811 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Since 1800, he lived in Charlestown. Between 1810-1844 he served on the Advisory Board of the Harvard University. In advance of the British - American War of 1812, he was a leader of the opposition to this war.

In the congressional elections of 1812, Ward was the first electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Josiah Quincy on March 4, 1813. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1817 two legislative sessions. These were initially shaped by the events of the War of 1812. In the years 1818 and 1819 Ward sat in the Massachusetts Senate. In 1820 he was part of a meeting to revise the State Constitution. Between 1820 and 1839 he was Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal of Massachusetts. Artemas Ward died on October 7, 1847 in Boston.