Harry F. Ward

The Reverend

Harry F. Ward
The Reverend; Harry F. Ward
	Ward in 1941
Born	Harry Frederick Ward, Jr.; October 15, 1873; Chiswick, Middlesex, England
Died	December 9, 1966 (aged 93); Fort Lee, New Jersey, US
Known for	Serving as founding chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union
Spouse	Daisy Kendall (m. 1899)
Children	Gordon Ward; Lynd Ward; Muriel Ward;
Parents	Harry Freeman Ward Sr.; Fanny Jeffrey;
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Methodist)
Church	Methodist Episcopal Church
Ordained	1902
Academic background
Alma mater	Northwestern University; Harvard University;
Influences	George Albert Coe; John H. Gray; Vladimir Lenin; Karl Marx;
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
Sub-discipline	Ethics
School or tradition	Christian socialism; Marxism;
Institutions	Union Theological Seminary
Main interests	Social ethics
Influenced	J. King Gordon

Harry Frederick Ward Jr. (15 October 1873 – 9 December 1966) was an English-born American Methodist minister and political activist who identified himself with the movement for Christian socialism, best remembered as first national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from its creation in 1920 until his resignation in protest of the organization's decision to bar communists in 1940.

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