John Elliott Ward (October 2, 1814 – November 30, 1902) was an American politician and diplomat.
Biography
John Elliott Ward was born in
Sunbury, Georgia
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on October 2, 1814.
He served as
United States Attorney
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for
Georgia
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,
mayor
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of
Savannah, Georgia
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, speaker of the
Georgia House of Representatives
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, president of the
Georgia State Senate
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, president of the
1856 Democratic National Convention
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, and
United States Minister
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to China under
James Buchanan
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. He resigned from his diplomatic post shortly after the outbreak of the
American Civil War
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, returned to Savannah, and after the war, moved to New York City, where he practiced law for several years.
He died in Dorchester (now
Midway), Georgia on November 30, 1902.
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See also
* List of speakers of the Georgia House of Representatives List of speakers
See also
* List of minority leaders of the Georgia House of Representatives
* List of minority leaders of the Georgia State Senate
This is a list of minority leaders of the Georgia State Senate:
{{Current Georgia statewide ...
References
External links
The Confederate Career of John Elliott Ward
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1814 births
1902 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
Ambassadors of the United States to China
Mayors of Savannah, Georgia
New York (state) lawyers
19th-century American diplomats
People of the Second Opium War