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Artemas Ward
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In office
March 4, 1791 ? March 3, 1795
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| Preceded by
| George Leonard
(7th)
Benjamin Goodhue
(2nd)
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| Succeeded by
| 7th District eliminated until 1795
William Lyman
(2nd)
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| Constituency
| 7th district
(1791?93)
2nd district
(1793?95)
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| Born
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1727-11-26
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November 26, 1727
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
, US
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| Died
| October 28, 1800
(1800-10-28)
(aged 72)
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
, US
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| Resting place
| Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury
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| Political party
| Pro-Administration
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| Spouse(s)
| Sarah (Trowbridge) Ward
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| Children
| Ithamar (1752), Nahum (1754), Sara (1756), Thomas (1758), Martha (1760), Artemas Jr. (1762), Maria (1764), Henry Dana (1768)
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| Occupation
| Soldier, politician
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| Known for
| Revolutionary War Major General
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| Website
| Artemas Ward Museum
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| Allegiance
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Great Britain
 Massachusetts
United States
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| Years of service
| 1755?1758
1775?1777
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| Rank
| Colonel
Commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts Bay colony's militia
Major general of the
Continental Army
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| Commands
| British Army
's 3rd Regiment of the Massachusetts Bay militia?the militia of Middlesex and Worchester Counties
Second-in-command
of the
Massachusetts Provincial Militia
Continental Army
in command of the Eastern Department April 4, 1776 ? March 20, 1777
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| Battles/wars
| French and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
Boston campaign
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Artemas Ward
(November 26, 1727 ? October 28, 1800) was an American
major general
in the
American Revolutionary War
. He was a
Congressman
from
Massachusetts
.
Ward was the
Speaker of the Massachusetts House
in 1785. He was elected twice to the
United States House of Representatives
, serving from 1791 to 1795.
President
John Adams
called him "universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country".
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