James Hugh Ward

James Hugh Ward was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from Illinois.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ward attended the public schools of Chicago and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in 1873.
He attended the Union [College of Law] in Chicago, and was graduated in 1876.
He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in July 1876, and practiced.
He was elected supervisor of the town of West Chicago in 1879.
Ward was elected as a Democrat to the 49th [United States Congress|Forty-ninth] Congress.
He did not seek renomination in 1886.
He resumed the practice of his profession in Chicago, Illinois where he died on August 15, 1916.
He was interred in Calvary [Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)|Calvary Cemetery].