Artemas Ward Jr. (January 9, 1762 – October 7, 1847), like his father,

Artemas Ward Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him ...

, was a

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from

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. He served in the Thirteenth Congress and

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(1813–1817). He was a member of the

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Biography

Ward was born in

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'S ...

in the

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on January 9, 1762. He graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

in 1783, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1783, and practiced in

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. From 1796 to 1800, Ward served in the

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.Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
/ref> He moved to Charlestown in 1800, where he continued to practice law. Ward served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives again in 1811 and, in 1812, was elected to the

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. He was reelected in 1814. He served in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817). Ward served in the

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in 1818 and 1819, and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1820. From 1820 to 1839 Ward was Chief Justice of

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...

's Court of Common Pleas from 1820 to 1839. He was a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers from 1810 to 1844. Ward died in Boston on October 7, 1847. He was buried at

Mount Auburn Cemetery Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural, or garden, cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, west of Boston. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmi ...

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* 1762 births 1847 deaths People from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Harvard University alumni Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-Representative-stub