# Nicholas Ware

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American politician (1769–1824)

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Nicholas Ware United States Senator from Georgia In office November 10, 1821 – September 7, 1824 Preceded by Freeman Walker Succeeded by Thomas W. Cobb Member of the Georgia House of Representatives In office 1808-1811 1814-1815 Personal details Born (1776-02-16)February 16, 1776 Caroline County, Virginia Died September 7, 1824(1824-09-07) (aged 48) New York City, U.S. Party Democratic-Republican Spouse Susan Brooks Savage Children Robert Alexander Ware Susan Margaret Ware Relatives Francis W. Eppes (son-in-law)

**Nicholas Ware** (February 16, 1776 – September 7, 1824) was a [United States senator](/source/United_States_senator) from [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)).

Ware was born in [Caroline County, Virginia](/source/Caroline_County%2C_Virginia) and later moved with his parents to [Edgefield, South Carolina](/source/Edgefield%2C_South_Carolina) and a few years later to [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta%2C_Georgia). He received a thorough English education and studied medicine. He studied law in Augusta as well as at the [Litchfield Law School](/source/Litchfield_Law_School) in [Litchfield, Connecticut](/source/Litchfield%2C_Connecticut). He was admitted to the [bar](/source/Bar_(law)) and commenced practice in Augusta.

From 1808 to 1811 and in 1814–1815, Ware was a member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives). He was elected as [mayor of Augusta](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Augusta%2C_Georgia), serving from 1819 to 1821. That year the Georgia legislature elected him as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican) (later as a Crawford Republican) to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Freeman Walker](/source/Freeman_Walker); he served from November 10, 1821, until his death in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1824. Ware was interred under the annex of [Grace Church](/source/Grace_Church_(Manhattan)).

He was a planter and slave owner. At the time of the 1820 census, he owned 62 slaves[1] and had extensive plantation near Augusta. He developed it for cotton, the major commodity crop of the Deep South in the antebellum era.

He married Susan Brooks Savage, with whom he had two children, Robert Alexander Ware (May 10, 1807 – July 19, 1893) and Susan Margaret Ware (February 14, 1815 – September 1, 1887). His daughter, Susan, first married a man named Crouch; after being widowed, she married [Francis W. Eppes](/source/Francis_W._Eppes) of [Tallahassee, Florida](/source/Tallahassee%2C_Florida).

## See also

- [Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art](/source/Gertrude_Herbert_Institute_of_Art) ("Ware's Folly"), Ware's former home

- [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 1820 United States Census, [United States census](/source/United_States_census), 1820; Richmond County, GA;, National Archives film number M33. Retrieved on March 6, 2016.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Nicholas Ware (id: W000148)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000148). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. Senate Preceded by Freeman Walker U.S. senator (Class 2) from Georgia 1821–1824 Served alongside: John Elliott Succeeded by Thomas W. Cobb

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