Person:Samuel Ward (50)

Name	Samuel Cutler Ward
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	27 Jan 1814	New York City, New York, United States
Marriage	1838	[1st wife] to Emily Astor
Marriage	1843	[2nd wife] to Maria Angelina Grymes
Death^[1]	19 May 1884	Naples, Campania, Italy
Burial^[1]		Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, New York, New York, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Samuel Ward (lobbyist), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Samuel Cutler Ward (January 27, 1814 — May 19, 1884), was an American poet, politician, author, and gourmet, and in the years after the Civil War he was widely known as the "King of the Lobby." He combined delicious food, fine wines, and good conversation to create a new type of lobbying in Washington, DC — social lobbying — over which he reigned for more than a decade. ...