Samuel Cutler Ward (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Ward (January 27, 1814-May 19, 1884), was a poet, 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.Samuel Ward, the first of six children and called Sam by one and all, was born in New York City into an old New England family. His father, Samuel Ward (1786-1839), was a highly respected banker with the firm of Prime, Ward, and King. His grandfather, Col. Samuel Ward (1756-1832), was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. His mother, Julia Cutler Ward, was related to Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution.