# Aaron Ward (representative) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aaron_Ward_(representative) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aaron_Ward_(representative).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ward_(representative) > Source revision: 1344189656 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Aaron Ward | image = Aaron Ward (Ossining).jpg | alt = Aaron Ward, Major General of the New York Militia and Member of Congress. | state = New York | district = [4th](/source/New_York's_4th_congressional_district) | term_start = March 4, 1825 | term_end = March 3, 1829 | predecessor1= [Joel Frost](/source/Joel_Frost) | successor1 = [Henry B. Cowles](/source/Henry_B._Cowles) | term_start2 = March 4, 1831 | term_end2 = March 3, 1837 | predecessor2= [Henry B. Cowles](/source/Henry_B._Cowles) | successor2 = [Gouverneur Kemble](/source/Gouverneur_Kemble) | term_start3 = March 4, 1841 | term_end3 = March 3, 1843 | predecessor3= [Gouverneur Kemble](/source/Gouverneur_Kemble) | successor3 = [William B. Maclay](/source/William_B._Maclay) | party = [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | successor = | birth_date = July 5, 1790 | birth_place = [Sing, Sing](/source/Ossining_(village)%2C_New_York), New York, U.S. | death_date = March 2, 1867 (aged 76) | death_place = [Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)](/source/Georgetown_(Washington%2C_D.C.)) | resting_place = [Dale Cemetery](/source/Dale_Cemetery) }} '''Aaron Ward''' (July 5, 1790 – March 2, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served five terms over three separate stints in the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) during the early-to-mid-19th century.{{Cite web |title=Ward, Aaron, 1790 – 1867 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000125 |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Biographical directory of the United States Congress}} ==Life== He was born in [Sing Sing](/source/Ossining_(village)%2C_New_York),The name of the Village of Sing Sing was changed to Ossining in 1901, the Town of Ossinsing was created in 1845 and renamed Ossining the next year Westchester County, New York, the son of Moses Ward. He completed preparatory studies in [Mount Pleasant](/source/Mount_Pleasant%2C_New_York) Academy, and then studied law. === War of 1812 === At the beginning of the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812) he was commissioned a lieutenant in the 29th Regiment of Infantry, and in 1814 commissioned a [captain](/source/Captain_(United_States_O-3)). === Early career === Afterwards he continued to serve in the State Militia, and in 1830 he was promoted to [major general](/source/Major_general_(United_States)). After the war, he resumed his legal studies in [Oxford, New York](/source/Oxford%2C_New_York), was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Sing Sing. He was District Attorney of Westchester County from 1819 to 1822. On January 19, 1820, he married Mary L. Watson (1797–1853, daughter of [Elkanah Watson](/source/Elkanah_Watson)).[https://books.google.com/books?id=MOjmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA287 ''The Plough Boy''] (edition of February 5, 1820) [gives middle name "Lucy"] === Congress === Ward was elected as an Adams man to the [19th](/source/19th_United_States_Congress) and [20th](/source/20th_United_States_Congress); as a [Jacksonian](/source/Jacksonian_democracy) to the [22nd](/source/22nd_United_States_Congress), [23rd](/source/23rd_United_States_Congress) and [24th](/source/24th_United_States_Congress); and as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the [27th United States Congress](/source/27th_United_States_Congress), holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829; from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1837; and from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843. === Later activities === He was a delegate to the [New York State Constitutional Convention](/source/New_York_State_Constitutional_Convention) of 1846. In [1855](/source/New_York_state_election%2C_1855), Ward ran on the [Hard](/source/Barnburners_and_Hunkers) ticket for [Secretary of State of New York](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_New_York), but was defeated by [Joel T. Headley](/source/Joel_T._Headley). Ward was the first President of [Dale Cemetery](/source/Dale_Cemetery) in [Ossining](/source/Ossining_(town)%2C_New_York){{cite book|last=Ward|first=George Kemp|title=Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597–1910|publisher=A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing|location=New York, NY|year=1910|pages=[https://archive.org/details/andrewwardeandh00unkngoog/page/n291 245]|url=https://archive.org/details/andrewwardeandh00unkngoog|quote=dale cemetery ossining.|accessdate=9 June 2009}} and a trustee of Mount Pleasant Academy. === Death === He died in [Georgetown, Washington, D.C.](/source/Georgetown%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.), and was buried at Dale Cemetery. === Family === Ward's daughter Virginia Gadsby Ward was married to [George Adlington Brandreth](/source/George_A._Brandreth), and they were the parents of four daughters. Their grandchildren included photographer [Yvette Borup Andrews](/source/Yvette_Borup_Andrews).Lydia Pyne, [https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/01/10/yvette-borup-andrews-photographing-central-asia/ "Yvette Borup Andrews: Photographing Central Asia"], ''The Public Domain Review'' (January 10, 2018). Ward's daughter [Josephine A. Ward](/source/Josephine_Ward_Thomson) (d. 1906) was the second wife of Senator [John Renshaw Thomson](/source/John_Renshaw_Thomson) (1800–1862), and in 1878 became the second wife of Maryland Governor [Thomas Swann](/source/Thomas_Swann). Congressman [Elijah Ward](/source/Elijah_Ward) was his cousin. ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==References== {{CongBio|W000125}} *[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA71 ''The New York Civil List''] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 59, 71ff, 384; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) *[https://books.google.com/books?id=HZ9HAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA70 ''Maj. Gen. Aaron Ward, of New York''] a political biography in ''The United States Magazine and Democratic Review'' (Vol. 28; January 1851, pages 70ff) *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/03/03/101768309.pdf Death notice] of his daughter Josephine, in NYT on March 3, 1906 {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=New York | district=4 | before=[Joel Frost](/source/Joel_Frost) | after=[Henry B. Cowles](/source/Henry_B._Cowles) | years=1825–1829 }} {{US House succession box | state=New York | district=4 | before=[Henry B. Cowles](/source/Henry_B._Cowles) | after=[Gouverneur Kemble](/source/Gouverneur_Kemble) | years=1831–1837 }} {{US House succession box | state=New York | district=4 | before=[Gouverneur Kemble](/source/Gouverneur_Kemble) | after=[William B. Maclay](/source/William_B._Maclay) | years=1841–1843 }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Aaron}} Category:1790 births Category:1867 deaths Category:New York (state) National Republicans Category:Westchester County district attorneys Category:People from Ossining, New York Category:National Republican Party United States representatives Category:Jacksonian United States representatives from New York (state) Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from New York (state) Category:19th-century United States representatives --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aaron Ward (representative)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ward_(representative)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ward_(representative)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.