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WARD, Matthias, senator, born in Elbert county, Georgia, about 1800; died in Raleigh, North Carolina, 13 October, 1861. He was taken while a child to Madison county, Alabama, where he received a classical education. After teaching for two years, he studied for the bar. Removing to Texas in 1836, he became a citizen of the new republic, and was elected to its congress, serving for several years. After the admission of Texas to the Union, he was a member of the state senate. He was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1852 and 1856, and in the latter year presided over the State convention. On the death of J. Pinckney Henderson he was appointed to the seat in the United States senate that was thus made vacant, serving from 6 December, 1858, till 4 January, 1860, when he was succeeded by Louis T. Wigfall, whom the legislature had elected.
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