William Ward (January 1, 1837 – February 27, 1895) was an American politician from

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who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1877 to 1883.

Life and career

William Ward was born in

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. He attended Girard College in Philadelphia. He learned the art of printing in the office of the ''Delaware County Republican'' in

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in August 1859 and commenced practice in Chester. He was also engaged in the land business and banking. He served as a member of the

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and city solicitor.

Congress

Ward was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882.

Later career and death

William Ward gravestone with better lighting

He resumed the practice of his profession and his former business pursuits in Chester where he died in 1895. Interment in the Chester Rural Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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