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  Ward, Thomas
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AffiliationDemocratic-Republican   
NameThomas Ward
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, New Jersey , United States
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Born 00, 1759
DiedMarch 04, 1842 (83 years)
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Feb 12, 2011 10:41pm
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InfoWARD, Thomas, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., about 1759; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newark, N.J.; served as captain and major during the Whisky Insurrection in 1794; sheriff of Essex County, N.J., in 1797; elected one of the judges of the Essex County Court in 1804 and reelected in 1809; member of the legislative council in 1808 and 1809; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); was senior officer of the New Jersey Cavalry at the time of his death in Newark, N.J., March 4, 1842; interment in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church.


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  10/11/1814 NJ At-Large Won 8.58% (-0.06%)
  01/13/1813 NJ - Northern District Won 38.25% (+0.00%)
  10/14/1810 NJ Legislative Council - Essex Lost 3.61% (-92.77%)
  10/14/1809 NJ Legislative Council - Essex Won 93.28% (+86.57%)
  10/14/1808 NJ Legislative Council - Essex Won 87.89% (+75.78%)
  10/14/1806 NJ Legislative Council - Essex Lost 44.48% (-11.04%)
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