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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsArtemas WARD, Jr.
(1762-1847)
WARD, Artemas, Jr., (son
of Artemas Ward), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Shrewsbury, Mass., January 9, 1762; was graduated from Harvard
University in 1783; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1783
and commenced the practice of law in Weston; member of the State
house of representatives 1796-1800 and again in 1811; moved to
Charlestown in 1800; member of the board of overseers of Harvard
University 1810-1844; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); served in the
State senate in 1818 and 1819; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1820; chief justice of the court of common pleas from
1820 to 1839; died in Boston, Mass., October 7, 1847.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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