Draft:Paul Ward (judge)

Paul Ward (February 20, 1980 – November 8, 1972)^[1] was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1951 to 1968.

Born in Independence County, Arkansas.^[1]

Ward attended Tulane University and the University of Oklahoma Law School. He was a veteran of World War I and served as Mayor of Batesville, Arkansas. Ward was elected to be a State Senator in 1932 where he served until 1938. In 1942 he was elected to be a Chancery Judge in the Eighth Chancery Circuit where he served until he was elected to be an Associate Justice in 1951. Ward served as an associate justice until 1968 when he retired.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Arkansas Courts, A Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits (2016), p. 7.

Political offices
Preceded by Edwin Dunaway	Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court 1951–1968	Succeeded by J. Frank Holt

Category:1980 births Category:1972 deaths Category:Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court

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