What is Artemas Ward?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Artemas Ward | residence = | image = Artemas Ward.jpg | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1791 | term_end1 = March 3, 1795 | alongside1 = [[Dwight Foster (politician, born 1757)|Dwight Foster]], [[Theodore Sedgwick]], and [[William Lyman (congressman)|William Lyman]] ([[Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district#List of representatives|2nd District-GT]]) | predecessor1 = [[George Leonard (Congressman)|George Leonard]] (7th)<br>[[Benjamin Goodhue]] (2nd) | successor1 = [[George Leonard (Congressman)|7th District eliminated until 1795]]<br>[[William Lyman (congressman)|William Lyman]] (2nd) | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th district]] (1791–93)<br>[[Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district|2nd district]] (1793–95) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1727|11|26}} | birth_place = [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|1800|10|28|1727|11|26}} | death_place = [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts]], US | resting_place = Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury | known_for = Revolutionary War Major General | occupation = Soldier, politician | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = [[Pro-Administration Party (United States)|Pro-Administration]] | spouse = Sarah (Trowbridge) Ward | partner = | children = Ithamar (1752), Nahum (1754), Sara (1756), Thomas (1758), Martha (1760), Artemas Jr. (1762), Maria (1764), Henry Dana (1768) | relations = | website = [http://wardhouse.harvard.edu Artemas Ward Museum] | footnotes = | allegiance = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}<br />{{flagdeco|New England}} [[Massachusetts Provincial Congress|Massachusetts]]<br />{{flagcountry|United States|1777}} | branch = | serviceyears = 1755–1758<br />1775–1777 | rank = Colonel<br />Commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts Bay colony's militia<br />Major general of the [[Continental Army]] | commands = [[British Army]]'s