Jonathan Ward (September 21, 1768, Eastchester,

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– September 28, 1842, Eastchester, NY) was an American politician from

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Life

He received limited schooling. Ward was

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of Westchester County from 1802 to 1806, a member of the

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from 1807 to 1810, and a member of the

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in 1809. He was elected as a

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817. He was a delegate to the

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of 1821, and was Surrogate of Westchester County from 1828 to 1840.

References

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 70, 147 and 419; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Jonathan 1768 births 1842 deaths New York (state) state senators People from Eastchester, New York New York (state) sheriffs New York (state) state court judges Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)