| Matthias Ward | |
| Jr/Sr1: | United States Senator |
| State1: | Texas |
| Term Start1: | September 27, 1858 |
| Term End1: | December 5, 1859 |
| Appointer1: | Hardin Richard Runnels |
| Predecessor1: | James P. Henderson |
| Successor1: | Louis Wigfall |
| State Senate2: | Texas |
| District2: | 1st |
| Term Start2: | November 13, 1849 |
| Term End2: | November 3, 1850 |
| Predecessor2: | William M. "Buckskin" Williams |
| Successor2: | Joseph H. Burks |
| Birth Date: | 13 October 1805 |
| Birth Place: | Elbert County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Warm Springs, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Old Cemetery Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
Matthias Ward (October 13, 1805 – October 5, 1861) was a lawyer and United States Senator from Texas.
Matthias Ward was born on October 13, 1805, in Elbert County, Georgia.[1] Ward was raised in Madison County, Alabama. He attended an academy in Huntsville, Alabama, taught school and studied law.[1] In 1836 he settled in Bowie, Texas, moving to Clarksville, Texas in 1845 and later to Jefferson, Texas.
Ward served in the seventh and eighth congresses of the Republic of Texas and later in the state senate as a Democrat from 1849 to 1850.[1] This was followed by unsuccessful campaigns for lieutenant governor in 1851 and United States Congress in 1855. In 1855, he ran with a proslavery and states-right campaign against Lemuel D. Evans.[1]
Upon J. Pinckney Henderson’s death in 1858, Ward was appointed to replace him in the United States Senate. He served from September 27, 1858, to December 5, 1859.[1] He failed to secure the nomination to run for the seat in election the next year.
Ward died on October 5, 1861, in Warm Springs, North Carolina. He was buried Old Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]