Artemas Ward | |
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![]() Portrait by Raphaelle Peale (c. 1795) | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts | |
In office March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1795 | |
Preceded by | George Leonard |
Succeeded by | William Lyman |
Constituency | 7th district (1791–93) 2nd district (1793–95) |
Personal details | |
Born | Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, British America | November 26, 1727
Died | October 28, 1800 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 72)
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 | |
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]
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