Background
Ward, Artemas was born on January 9, 1762 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Artemas Ward.
United States representative politician
Ward, Artemas was born on January 9, 1762 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Artemas Ward.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1783, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1783, and practiced in Weston.
He served in the Thirteenth Congress and Fourteenth Congress (1813–1817). From 1796 to 1800 served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He moved to Charlestown in 1800, where he continued to practice law.
In 2822 he served again in the Massachusetts House.
In 1812 Ward was elected to United States. House, and he was reelected in 1814. He served in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817).
From 1820 to 1839 Ward was Chief Justice of Boston"s Court of Common Pleas from 1820 to 1839. Ward died in Boston on October 7, 1847.
He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1796-1800, 1811. Member board overseers Harvard, 1810-1844. Member United States House of Representatives (Federalist) from Massachusetts, 13th-14th congresses, 1813-1817.
Member Massachusetts Senate, 1818-1819.
Member Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1820.