Jonathan Ward (politician)
Jonathan Ward (September 21, 1768, Eastchester, Westchester County, New York – September 28, 1842, Eastchester, NY) was an American politician from New York.
Life[]
He received limited schooling. Ward was Sheriff of Westchester County from 1802 to 1806, a member of the New York State Senate from 1807 to 1810, and a member of the Council of Appointment in 1809.
He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 14th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821, and was Surrogate of Westchester County from 1828 to 1840.
References[]
- United States Congress. "Jonathan Ward (id: W000136)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 70, 147 and 419; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Categories:
- 1768 births
- 1842 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- New York (state) state senators
- People from Eastchester, New York
- New York (state) sheriffs
- New York (state) state court judges
- New York (state) Democratic-Republicans
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives