Hamilton Ward Sr.
Hamilton Ward Sr. | |
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District Attorney | |
In office 1862–1865 | |
In office 1856–1859 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wellsville, Allegany County, New York | July 3, 1829
Relatives | Hamilton Ward Jr. (son) |
Hamilton Ward Sr. (July 3, 1829– December 28, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a judge on the
Education
He attended the common schools and was privately tutored. He studied law in Elmira, New York, was admitted to the bar.
Early career
He commenced legal practice in Philipsville in 1851.
Beginning in 1858 Ward was regularly selected as a delegate to New York's Republican state conventions, and he attended almost every one until 1890.
He was district attorney of Allegany County from 1856 to 1859 and again from 1862 to 1865. He was appointed in 1862 by the governor of New York as commissioner to raise and equip troops for the Civil War.
United States House of Representatives
Ward was elected as a
, serving from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1871. While a Representative, he was Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Fortieth Congress).In 1868, Ward was on the seven-person committee tasked with authoring the articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson after Johnson was impeached.[1]
Ward was not a candidate for renomination to the House in 1870.
Post-congressional career in New York State politics
Ward was
Ward was a delegate to the
Personal life
Ward's son Hamilton Ward Jr. would go on to serve as attorney general of New York himself (1929–1930).
Ward was buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Belmont.
References
- ^ "The House Impeaches Andrew Johnson". Washington, D.C.: Office of the Historian and the Clerk of the House's Office of Art and Archives. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Hamilton Ward Sr. (id: W000133)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Obituary in the New York Timeson December 29, 1898