Education
He attended Friends Seminary, New York City, and the Columbia School of Mines in New York City (class of 1878).
United States representative politician
He attended Friends Seminary, New York City, and the Columbia School of Mines in New York City (class of 1878).
He engaged in the manufacture of bolts, nuts, and rivets in Portuguese Chester, New New York Ward served as chairman of the Republican State committee for several years. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899).
After his term ended, Ward resumed his former manufacturing pursuits in Portuguese Chester.
Ward died in New York City, July 16, 1933. He was interred in the family mausoleum in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New New York
He served as member of the Republican National Committee 1904–1912.