Jonathan Ward | |
State: | New York |
District: | 3rd |
Term Start: | March 4, 1815 |
Term End: | March 3, 1817 |
Preceded: | Peter Denoyelles |
Succeeded: | Caleb Tompkins |
Party: | Democratic-Republican |
Birth Place: | Haverstraw, Province of New York, British America |
Death Place: | Haverstraw, New York, U.S. |
Jonathan Ward (September 21, 1768, Eastchester, Westchester County, New York - September 28, 1842, Eastchester, NY) was an American politician from New York.
He received limited schooling. Ward was Sheriff of Westchester County from 1802 to 1806, a member of the New York State Senate from 1807 to 1810, and a member of the Council of Appointment in 1809.
He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 14th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821, and was Surrogate of Westchester County from 1828 to 1840.