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Artemas Ward
Portrait by Raphaelle Peale (c. 1795)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1795
Serving with Dwight Foster, Theodore Sedgwick, and William Lyman (2nd District-GT)
Preceded by
George Leonard
Succeeded by
William Lyman
Constituency
7th district (1791–93) 2nd district (1793–95)
Personal details
Born
(1727-11-26)November 26, 1727 Shrewsbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died
October 28, 1800(1800-10-28) (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
French and Indian War American Revolutionary War
Boston campaign
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."[1]
^Adams, John; Adams, Charles Francis (1851). The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography, continued. Diary. Essays and controversial papers of the Revolution. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States. Vol. 3. Little, Brown. p. 166.
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