Life Span
to
Full name
Marcus Lawrence Ward
Place of Birth
Newark, NJ
Burial Place
Newark, NJ
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Moses Ward (father), Fanny Brown Ward (mother), Susan Longworth (wife) 
Occupation
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Whig
Free Soil
Republican
Government
US House of Representatives
Governor
Date Event
In Trenton, Republican stalwart Marcus Ward is inaugurated as the twenty-first governor of New Jersey
With Republicans taking power in New Jersey, the New York Times announces the state's "Reconstruction"
At Long Branch, the New Jersey militia parade before the state governor and hundreds of vacationers.
Governor Ward of New Jersey calls a special legislative session to consider the 14th Amendment.
In Newark, the New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers is officially dedicated.
New Jersey ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In Salem, Oregon, a divided state legislature narrowly ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment.
William Wright, sitting Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey, dies at his home in Newark.
How to Cite This Page: "Ward, Marcus Lawrence," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/45110.