ANDREW HARRISON WARD, lawyer, P. O. Cynthiana; was born Jan. 3, 1815, in Harrison County, near Cynthiana; his parents were Andrew and Elizabeth (Heddington) Ward. His father was a Virginian and came to Kentucky when a boy with his parents, and settled in Jessamine County; in 1800 removed to Harrison, where he remained until his death in 1842; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and the subsequent Indian War; and was a soldier under General Harrison when “Harry Ward,” as he is familiarly called, was born, and for whom he was named. Both of his grandfathers, Ward and Heddington, were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and among the early and valuable pioneers of Kentucky. Elizabeth Heddington, his mother, was born in Baltimore, and came with her parents at an early day to Harrison County. Our subject was brought up on a farm and usually spent his winters in the country schools. He finished his education at Transylvania University at Lexington. In 1837 he took a position as clerk on a steamboat on the Tombigbee River, where he remained several years. In 1842 he began the study of law, and prepared for his profession under Major James R. Curry, of Cynthiana; was admitted to the bar and began practice in 1844. He was elected to represent Harrison County in the Legislature in 1863. In 1865 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress from the sixth district, but was defeated by the Federal soldiers being allowed to vote. In 1866 however, he was re-nominated for Congress and elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of General Clay Smith, to accept the Governorship of Montana. He served one term in Congress and was distinguished for his opposition to the reconstruction measures of the Republican party. At the expiration of his term he resumed the practice of his profession in Cynthiana with his usual brilliant success. His first vote was cast for Henry Clay and his last before the war for Bell and Everett. During the war he was a Constitutional Union man; since that time he has been a Democrat; he is an able lawyer and an extremely popular speaker.
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 687.
[Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct]