William T. Ward (Wisconsin legislator)

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William T. Ward was a hotelier from Hustisford, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 1850 session (the 3rd Wisconsin Legislature).

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Background

Ward built the first hotel in Hustisford (then part of Wisconsin Territory) in 1846. In that pioneer era many immigrants were passing through the region looking for land and would stop there. [1]

Legislative service

Ward was elected in 1849 for the 1850 session as a Democrat to represent the 4th Dodge County assembly district (the Towns of Elba, Lowell, Portland and Clyman), succeeding fellow Democrat Jedediah Kimball. [2] The next year he was succeeded by Charles B. Whitton, another Democrat.

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References

  1. Hubbell, Homer Bishop. Dodge County, Past and Present Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913; p. 409
  2. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 18481999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), p. 119