US Con Ward, Hamilton Sr. - U.S. Congressman, NY

Hamilton Ward Sr.
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Born: July 3, 1829

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Birthplace: Salisbury, New York

Father: Peter Ward 1804 – 1880
(Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Waterloo, New York)​

Mother: Eliza Cleveland 1811 – 1849
(Buried: Powhatan Plantation Manor House, Williamsburg, Virginia)​

Wife: Mary Adelia Chamberlain 1831 – 1929
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, New York)​

Children:

Hamilton Ward Jr. 1871 – 1932​
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, New York)​
Rev John Chamberlain Ward 1873 – 1949​
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, New York)​

Political Party: Republican Party

Occupation before War:
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1851 – 1856: Attorney in Phillipsville, New York (Present Day Belmont)​
1856 – 1859: Allegheny County New York District Attorney​
1859 – 1862: Attorney in Phillipsville, New York​

Civil War Career:

1862 – 1865: Allegheny County, New York District Attorney​
1862: New York Commissioner to raise and equip New York troops​
1862 – 1865: Attorney in Phillipsville, New York​
1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from New York​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Accounts Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Claims Committee​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from New York​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Accounts Committee​
1865 – 1869: Member of House Claims Committee​
1867 – 1869: Chairman of House Revolutionary Claims Committee​
1868: Member of Committee to prepare impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.​
1868: Voted in support of impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.​
1869 – 1871: Member of House Territories Committee​
1870: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress.​
1880 – 1881: New York State Attorney General​
1890: Member of New York State Constitutional Convention​
1891 – 1898: Justice of New York State Supreme Court​

Died: December 28, 1898

Place of Death: Wellsville, New York

Age at time of Death: 69 years old

Burial Place: Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, New York



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