Jasper Delos Ward (February 1, 1829 – August 6, 1902) was a

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from

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. He is also the great great grandfather of Congressman

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, D-KY 3 (Louisville), 1995-1997. Born in

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, Ward attended Allegheny College,

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, in 1849 and 1850. He studied law. He was

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in 1852 and commenced practice in

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. He served as a member of the board of aldermen of Chicago in 1855, 1856, 1859, and 1860. During the

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he enlisted in the Western Engineer Regiment in 1861 and served for about eight months. He served as a member of the

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1862-1870. Ward was elected as a

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to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He was

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for the

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1875-1877. He moved to

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in 1877 and settled in

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. He was appointed by Governor

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as judge of the fifth judicial district of Colorado and served from March 5, 1881, to January 3, 1882, declining to be a candidate for election to the same office. He moved to

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, and resumed the practice of law. He died on August 6, 1902, and was interred in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Jasper Delos 1829 births 1902 deaths Republican Party Illinois state senators Chicago City Council members Union Army personnel Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois United States Attorneys for the Northern District of Illinois 19th-century American legislators People from Wyoming County, New York People from Leadville, Colorado