page_title: Mike Ward (American politician)
section_title: Early life and career
hierarchical_section_title: Mike Ward (American politician) / Early life and career
caption_attribution_description: English: Mike Ward
context_page_description: Michael Delavan "Mike" Ward is a former United States Representative, a Democrat from Kentucky.
context_section_description: Ward was born in White Plains, New York on January 7, 1951. Ward's mother, Lukey Ward, was a political and civil rights activist, and Ward has often said publicly that he was born into politics.  Lukey Ward was, along with her friend Georgia Davis, the day-to-day manager of the Kentucky chapter of Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference.  In fact, she was at the Lorraine Motel, waiting to go to dinner with Dr. King, when he was assassinated. Ward's father, Jasper Ward III, was a well-known award-winning architect in Louisville.  His buildings include the Student Center at the University of Louisville and the Jewish Doctors Office Building at Interstate 65 and Liberty Street.  Mike Ward is also the great great grandson of Jasper D. Ward, a former 1800s Chicago Congressman.
  Ward attended the University of Louisville, from which he earned a marketing degree. Before entering politics, he served as a sales executive.
caption: Mike Ward in 2018.
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