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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaThomas Bayless WARD
(1835-1892)
WARD, Thomas Bayless, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Marysville, Union County,
Ohio, April 27, 1835; moved with his parents to La Fayette, Ind.,
in May 1836; attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., and was
graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in June 1855; clerk
of the city of La Fayette in 1855 and 1856; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced the practice of his
profession in La Fayette, Ind.; city attorney in 1859 and 1860;
mayor of La Fayette 1861-1865; judge of the superior court of
Tippecanoe County, Ind., 1875-1880; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3,
1887); was not a candidate for renomination in 1886 to the Fiftieth
Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in La Fayette,
Tippecanoe County, Ind., where he died January 1, 1892; interment
in Springvale Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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