Artemas Ward

Artemas Ward
Portrait by Raphaelle Peale (c. 1795)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1795 Serving with Dwight Foster, Theodore Sedgwick, and William Lyman (2nd District-GT)
Preceded by	George Leonard
Succeeded by	William Lyman
Constituency	7th district (1791–93) 2nd district (1793–95)
Personal details
Born	(1727-11-26)November 26, 1727 Shrewsbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	October 28, 1800(1800-10-28) (aged 72) Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
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	French and Indian War American Revolutionary War Boston campaign

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]