- Marcus Lawrence Ward
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Marcus L. Ward 3rd Chair of the Republican National Committee In office
1866–1868Preceded by Henry J. Raymond Succeeded by William Claflin Personal details Born November 9, 1812
Newark, New JerseyDied April 25, 1884 (aged 71)
Newark, New JerseyReligion Protestant Marcus Lawrence Ward (November 9, 1812 – April 25, 1884) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 21st Governor of New Jersey from 1866–1869, and represented the state in Congress for one term, from 1873-1875.
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.[1]
He died in Newark, New Jersey, and was buried there in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.[1]
There is a memorial plaque dedicated to him in the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden behind the Newark Museum.
References
- ^ a b Marcus Lawrence Ward biography, United States Congress. Accessed July 31, 2007.
External links
- Marcus Lawrence Ward at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Biography of Marcus Lawrence Ward (PDF), New Jersey State Library
- New Jersey Governor Marcus Lawrence Ward, National Governors Association
- Political Graveyard information for Marcus Lawrence Ward
- Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for Marcus L. Ward
Political offices Preceded by
Joel ParkerGovernor of New Jersey
January 16, 1866–January 19, 1869Succeeded by
Theodore Fitz RandolphUnited States House of Representatives Preceded by
New SeatU.S. House of Representatives
New Jersey's 6th congressional district
March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875Succeeded by
Frederick Halstead TeeseParty political offices Preceded by
Charles Smith OldenRepublican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey
1862, 1865Succeeded by
John Insley BlairPreceded by
Henry Jarvis RaymondChairman of the Republican National Committee
1866–1868Succeeded by
William ClaflinGovernors of New Jersey Livingston · Paterson · Howell · Bloomfield · Ogden · W.S. Pennington · M. Dickerson · Williamson · Vroom · Southard · Seeley · Vroom · P. Dickerson · W. Pennington · Haines · Stratton · Haines · G. Fort · Price · Newell · Olden · Parker · Ward · Randolph · Parker · Bedle · McClellan · Ludlow · Abbett · Green · Abbett · Werts · Griggs · Voorhees · Murphy · Stokes · J. Fort · Wilson · Fielder · Edge · Edwards · Silzer · Moore · Larson · Moore · Hoffman · Moore · Edison · Edge · Driscoll · Meyner · Hughes · Cahill · Byrne · Kean · Florio · Whitman · DiFrancesco · McGreevey · Codey · Corzine · ChristieCategories:- 1812 births
- 1884 deaths
- Governors of New Jersey
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Republican National Committee chairmen
- New Jersey Republicans
- People from Newark, New Jersey
- Burials at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark
- American Protestants
- New Jersey politician stubs
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