Artemas Ward
Artemas Ward | |
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Portrait by Raphaelle Peale (c. 1795) | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts | |
| In office March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1795 | |
| Preceded by | George Leonard |
| Succeeded by | William Lyman |
| Constituency | 7th district (1791–93) 2nd district (1793–95) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1727 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, British America |
| Died | October 28, 1800 (aged 72) Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury |
| Political party | Pro-Administration |
| Spouse | Sarah (Trowbridge) Ward |
| Children | Ithamar (1752), Nahum (1754), Sara (1756), Thomas (1758), Martha (1760), Artemas Jr. (1762), Maria (1764), Henry Dana (1768) |
| Occupation | Soldier, politician |
| Known for | Revolutionary War Major General |
| Website | Artemas Ward Museum |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Great Britain United States |
| Years of service | 1755–1758 1775–1777 |
| Rank | Colonel Commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts Bay colony's militia Major general of the Continental Army |
| Commands | British Army's 3rd Regiment of the Massachusetts Bay militia—the militia of Middlesex and Worcester Counties Second-in-command of the Massachusetts Provincial Militia Continental Army in command of the Eastern Department April 4, 1776 – March 20, 1777 |
| Battles/wars | |
Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "universally esteemed, beloved, and confided in by his army and his country".