Marcus Lawrence Ward

Marcus L. Ward
21st Governor of New Jersey
In office January 16, 1866 – January 19, 1869
Preceded by	Joel Parker
Succeeded by	Theodore Fitz Randolph
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 6th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Frederick H. Teese
3rd Chairman of the Republican National Committee
In office 1866–1868
Preceded by	Henry J. Raymond
Succeeded by	William Claflin
Personal details
Born	(1812-11-09)November 9, 1812 Newark, New Jersey
Died	April 25, 1884(1884-04-25) (aged 71) Newark, New Jersey
Political party	Republican

Marcus Lawrence Ward (November 9, 1812 – April 25, 1884) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 21st Governor of New Jersey from 1866 to 1869, and represented the state in Congress for one term, from 1873 to 1875.

Republicans nominated Ward for Governor in 1862, but he lost to Democrat Joel Parker. Ward was nominated again in 1865 and was elected Governor of New Jersey, serving from 1866 to 1869. After a Democratic-controlled legislature had not passed the Thirteenth Amendment, Ward worked with the new Republican-controlled New Jersey Legislature to secure state passage of both the Thirteenth and the Fourteenth Amendment, with its Due Process and Equal Protection clauses. Ward was chosen as a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention and was the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1866 to 1868.

Ward served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from the newly created New Jersey's 6th congressional district, from 1873-1875.

He died in Newark, New Jersey, and was buried there in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

There is a memorial plaque dedicated to him in the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden behind the Newark Museum.

External links

• United States Congress. "Marcus Lawrence Ward (id: W000137)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Biography of Marcus Lawrence Ward (PDF), New Jersey State Library
• New Jersey Governor Marcus Lawrence Ward, National Governors Association
• Political Graveyard information for Marcus Lawrence Ward
• Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for Marcus L. Ward
• Newark Archives Search Results for Marcus Ward