10 Facts About Elijah Ward

Elijah Ward was a US Congressman during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era.

Elijah Ward pursued classical studies at the Common Schools in Sing Sing.

Aaron Elijah Ward, who was then a US Representative from Westchester County.

Elijah Ward was judge advocate general of the State 1853 to 1855, and was appointed on Governor Horatio Seymour's staff with the rank of Brigadier general.

Elijah Ward was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856.

Elijah Ward was elected as a Democrat, over George Briggs on the "Native American" ticket and Gen.

Elijah Ward was elected to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses serving from March 4,1861 to March 3,1865, but again was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864, losing to Henry Jarvis Raymond.

Elijah Ward resumed the practice of law in New York City, and then was elected to the Forty-fourth Congress and served one term, from March 4,1875 to March 3,1877, as he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876, losing to General Anson G McCook.

Elijah Ward died in Roslyn in Nassau County, New York on Long Island on February 7,1882.

Elijah Ward was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.