Background
Ward, Marcus Lawrence was born on November 9, 1812 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Moses and Fanny (Brown) Ward.
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Ward, Marcus Lawrence was born on November 9, 1812 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Moses and Fanny (Brown) Ward.
Republicans nominated Ward for Governor in 1862, but he lost to Democrat Joel Parker. Ward was nominated again in 1865 and was elected Governor of New Jersey, serving from 1866 to 1869. After a Democratic-controlled legislature had not passed the Thirteenth Amendment, Ward worked with the new Republican-controlled New Jersey Legislature to secure state passage of both the Thirteenth and the Fourteenth Amendment, with its Due Process and Equal Protection clauses.
Ward was chosen as a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention and was the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1866 to 1868.
Ward served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from the newly created New Jersey"s 6th congressional district, from 1873-1875. He died in Newark, New Jersey, and was buried there in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
There is a memorial plaque dedicated to him in the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden behind the Newark Museum.
Member Republican National Committee, 1864-1868. Member United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, 43d Congress, 1873-1875.
Married Susan Morris, June 30, 1840, 8 children including Marcus L. Partner in firm M. Ward & Son, Newark.