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3 unusual facts about Joseph Ward


George Hollis

Farrier Hollis - together with a captain (Clement Walker Heneage), a sergeant (Joseph Ward) and a private (John Pearson) was in a charge made by a squadron of the 8th Hussars.

Yankton, South Dakota

Due to the urging of The Reverend Joseph Ward of Yankton, the General Association of Congregational Churches in Dakota Territory voted in May 1881 to establish “Pilgrim College” in Yankton, which was to be the first private institution of higher learning in Dakota.

The Reverend Joseph Ward, born in Perry Center, N.Y., educator and founder of Yankton College; his statue is in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.


20th New Zealand Parliament

William Massey of the Reform Party had been the leader of the coalition, with Joseph Ward of the Liberal Party as the deputy.

Constitution of New Zealand

Following the Conference, the House of Representatives passed a motion requesting that King Edward VII "take such steps as he may consider necessary; to change New Zealand's official name from 'The Colony of New Zealand' to 'The Dominion of New Zealand'. Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward prompted to move to "…raise up New Zealand" and assured that it would "have no other effect than that of doing the country good".

Moutohora Branch

On 14 January the then Minister for Railways, the Joseph Ward, turned the first sod.


see also

Chris Ward

C. J. Ramone (Christopher Joseph Ward, born 1965), American musician

Christopher Ward

C. J. Ramone (Christopher Joseph Ward, born 1965), American musician, bassist for punk rock group The Ramones

Madisonville, Cincinnati

The first permanent setter was Joseph Ward, a sixty-five-year-old American Revolutionary War veteran from New Jersey.