Samuel Ward was the distinguished Governor of the Colony of Rhode
Island in the period leading up to the Revolutionary War, a cause
he famously supported. An able and efficient administrator, Ward
would oversee Rhode Island during a period of both economic and
social development. The overarching matter however would not be
simple growth of the province: public opposition to the stamp
taxation of the ruling British administration placed Ward in a
difficult position - whether to enforce the measures enacted by the
British rulers, or oppose them. In choosing the latter, Ward set an
example of civil disobedience and emboldened the Revolutionary
movement. Retiring from his position in 1767, Ward nevertheless
stayed informed of political goings on. Summoned as a delegate to
the Continental Congress in 1774, Ward died of smallpox mere months
before hostilities commenced with the Declaration of Independence
in 1776 - posthumously, his foreshadowing role and patriotism
received praise among Americans.
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