Marcus Lawrence Ward
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Republicans nominated Ward for Governor in 1862, but he lost to Democrat Joel Parker. Ward was nominated again in 1865 and was elected Governor of New Jersey, serving from 1866 to 1869. After a Democratic-controlled legislature had not passed the Thirteenth Amendment, Ward worked with the new Republican-controlled New Jersey Legislature to secure state passage of both the Thirteenth and the Fourteenth Amendment, with its Due Process and Equal Protection clauses. Ward was chosen as a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention and was the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1866 to 1868.
Ward served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from the newly created New Jersey's 6th congressional district, from 1873-1875.[1]
He died in Newark, New Jersey, and was buried there in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.[1]
There is a memorial plaque dedicated to him in the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden behind the Newark Museum.
References
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- Marcus Lawrence Ward at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Biography of Marcus Lawrence Ward (PDF),[dead link] New Jersey State Library
- New Jersey Governor Marcus Lawrence Ward,[dead link] National Governors Association
- Political Graveyard information for Marcus Lawrence Ward
- Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for Marcus L. Ward
- Newark Archives Search Results for Marcus Ward
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Governor of New Jersey January 16, 1866–January 19, 1869 |
Succeeded by Theodore Fitz Randolph |
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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U.S. House of Representatives New Jersey's 6th congressional district March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875 |
Succeeded by Frederick Halstead Teese |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1862, 1865 |
Succeeded by John Insley Blair |
| Preceded by | Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1866–1868 |
Succeeded by William Claflin |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marcus Lawrence Ward biography, United States Congress. Accessed July 31, 2007.
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