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David J. Ward papers

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

(1951 – 1961)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2017.021
Creator(s) Ward, David
Acquisition

The papers of David J. Ward were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Margaret White, April 2017. 
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Leslie M. McRoberts, April 2017.
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Abstract

Series of documents on US Congressman and Salisbury, Maryland native, David J. Ward, 1951-1961. Records document Ward's life after retirement from the United States Congress through a series of newspaper clippings and photographs.

Biographical History

David Jenkins Ward (September 17, 1871 – February 18, 1961), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman.

Ward was born in Salisbury, Maryland, and attended the public schools. He served as a farmer, lumberjack, merchant, and in the real estate business. Ward served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1915 to 1917, and as chair of the Democratic state central committee of Wicomico County from 1918 to 1926. He served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1926 to 1934 and 1938 to 1939.

Ward was elected in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of T. Alan Goldsborough, and represented the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from June 8, 1939 to January 3, 1945. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944. He died in Salisbury and is interred in Parsons Cemetery.
 

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Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Politics
  • Corporate Names
    • United States Congress
  • Personal Names
    • Ward, David J. (1871-1961)

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