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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioEWING, Thomas
(1789—1871)
Senate Years of Service:
1831-1837; 1850-1851
Party:
Anti-Jacksonian; Whig
EWING, Thomas, (father of Thomas Ewing [1829-1896]), a Senator from Ohio; born near West Liberty, Ohio County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 28, 1789; moved to Ohio with his parents in 1792; pursued preparatory studies; graduated from Ohio University at Athens in 1816; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Ohio; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1837; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836; chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-fourth Congress); appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President William Henry Harrison and served from March 5 to September 13, 1841; appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Zachary Taylor 1849-1850; appointed as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Corwin and served from July 20, 1850, to March 3, 1851; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1851; resumed the practice of law in Lancaster; delegate to the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; appointed Secretary of War by President Andrew Johnson in February 1868, but the Senate refused to confirm the appointment; died in Lancaster, Ohio, October 26, 1871; interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography
; Miller, Paul. ‘Thomas Ewing, Last of the Whigs.’ Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1933; Zsoldos, Sylvia. ‘Thomas Ewing, Sr., A Political Biography.’ Ph.D.dissertation, University of Delaware, 1933.
Bradley, Lawrence J., ed. Thomas Ewing, Sr. Papers
. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Archives, 1967. Microfilm. 6 reels and guide.
Gilbert, Abby L. “Thomas Ewing, Sr.: Ohio’s Advocate for a National Bank.” Ohio History
82 (Winter-Spring 1973): 5-24.
Jameson, J. Franklin, ed. “Diary of Thomas Ewing, August and September, 1841.” American Historical Review
18 (October 1912): 97-112.
Miller, Paul I. “Thomas Ewing, Last of the Whigs.” Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1934.
Sherman, Ellen (Ewing). Memorial of Thomas Ewing, of Ohio
. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1873.
Zsoldos, Sylvia Tammisto. “The Political Career of Thomas Ewing, Sr.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, 1977.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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