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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeAndrew EWING
(1813-1864)
EWING, Andrew, (brother of
Edwin Hickman Ewing), a Representative from Tennessee; born in
Nashville, Tenn., June 17, 1813; completed preparatory studies, and
was graduated from the University of Nashville in 1832; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in
Nashville, Tenn.; chosen trustee of the University of Nashville in
1833, and served in that office until his death; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3,
1851); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1850; resumed
the practice of law in Nashville; delegate to the Democratic
National Convention at Baltimore in 1860; during the Civil War
served as judge of Gen. Braxton Bragg’s military court; died
in Atlanta, Ga., June 16, 1864; interment in Nashville City
Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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