American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (born 1725)

Samuel Ward

Samuel Ward Sr. was an American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Continental Association. He was the son of Rhode Island Governor Richard Ward, was well-educated, and grew up in a large family in Newport, Rhode Island. He and his wife received property in Westerly, Rhode Island from his father-in-law, and the couple settled there and took up farming.

Born

1725

May 25

Died

1776

Era

1720s

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