Artemas Ward Jr.

{{Short description|American politician (1762–1847)}} {{other people|Artemas Ward}} {{more footnotes needed|date=April 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Artemas Ward Jr. | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 1st congressional district|1st]] | term1 = March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | preceded1 = [[Josiah Quincy III]] | succeeded1 = [[Jonathan Mason (Massachusetts politician)|Jonathan Mason]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term2 = 1818-1819 | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term3 = 1796-1800 | birth_date = {{birth date|1762|1|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts|Shrewsbury]], Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America | death_date = {{death date and age|1847|10|7|1762|1|9|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S. | spouse = | profession = | party = [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] }}

'''Artemas Ward Jr.''' (January 9, 1762 – October 7, 1847), like his father, [[Artemas Ward]], was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He served in the [[13th United States Congress|Thirteenth Congress]] and [[Fourteenth Congress]] (1813–1817). He was a member of the [[Federalist Party]].

==Biography== Ward was born in [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts|Shrewsbury]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] on January 9, 1762. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1783, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1783, and practiced in [[Weston, Massachusetts|Weston]].

From 1796 to 1800, Ward served in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000128 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> He moved to [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|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 [[United States House of Representatives]]. He was reelected in 1814. He served in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817).

Ward served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] in 1818 and 1819, and was a member of the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821]].

From 1820 to 1839 Ward was Chief Justice of [[Boston]]'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]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]].

== References == {{Reflist}} {{CongBio|W000128}}

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