wˈɔːɹd wʌzɐ dˈɛlɪɡˌeɪt tə ðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk stˈeɪt kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃənəl kənvˈɛnʃən ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti, ænd wʌz ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd ænd sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli ᵻlˈɛktᵻd ɐ dʒˈʌstɪs ʌvðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk suːpɹˈiːm kˈoːɹt ænd sˈɜːvd fɹʌm wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn tə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv, ænd ɪnðɪ ɐpˈɛlət dᵻvˈɪʒən fɹʌm wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv ʌntˈɪl hɪz dˈɛθ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt.
Ward was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1890, and was appointed (and subsequently elected) a justice of the New York Supreme Court and served from 1891 to 1895, and in the Appellate Division from 1895 until his death in 1898.