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] he attended Tulane University and the University of Oklahoma Law School. He served in World War I and was Mayor of Batesville, Arkansas.

Ward was elected a state senator in 1932 and served until 1938. In 1942, he was elected as Chancery Judge in the Eighth Chancery Circuit and served until he was elected as an Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court 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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[Portraits-1] Arkansas Courts, A Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits (2016), p. 7.

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