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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Ewing, James, soldier, state senator, was born Aug. 3, 1736, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a member of the general assembly in 1771-75. At tlie outbreak of the revolution he was on the committee of safety for York county; and was chosen one of the two brigadier-generals of the Pennsylvania associators, July 4, 1776. He served as vicepresident of Pennsylvania in 1782-84. He served as state senator in 1795-99. He died March 1, 1806, in Hellam, Pa. Ewing, James, lawyer, diplomat, was born July 19, 1835, in Woodford county, 111. In 1861-63 he practiced law in the courts of Illinois; and in the federal, district and supreme courts of the United States. In 1893 he was appointed minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to Belgium.

Ewing, John, clergyman, author, was bom June 23, 1732, in Nottingham, Md. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia; and provost of the university of Pennsylvania in 1777-1802. He was the author of an Account of the Transit of Venus, and his Lectures on Natural Philosophy were issued after his death. He died Sept. 8, 1802,

Nottingham, Md. Ewing, John, state senator, congressman, was bom at sea, while his parents were on He their way from Ireland to Baltimore. served in both branches of the legislature of Indiana; and in 1833-35 and 1837-39 he was a representative from Indiana to the twenty-third and twenty -fifth congresses.

court of Pennsylvania. His brother, Samuel E. Ewing, has also held the position of additional law judge of the same district. Ewing, Presley, state legislator, congressin Russellville, Ky. He twice served in the legislature of Kentucky; and in 1851-55 he was a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-second and thirtythird congresses. He died Sept. 27, 1854, at Mammoth Cave, Ky.

man, was born

Ewing, Presley Kittredge, lawyer,

was born July

died in 1857 in Vincennes, Ind.

Ewing, John H., congressman, was born Washington, Pa. In 1845-47 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-ninth congress. He died in Pennin

sylvania.

Ewing, Maskell C, soldier. In 1822-36 he served in the United States army; and became a lieutenant. He died Nov. 20, 1849. Ewing, Nathaniel, lawyer, jurist, banker, was born June 17, 1848, in Uniontown, Pa. In 1869 he graduated from Princeton college, N.J. He has served as additional law president judge, and of the fourjudge teenth judicial district of is

Pennsylvania president



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of the of Fay-

National bank ette county, at Uniontown. Pa. He is an -.^^ P .^ able lawyer of Un-.^^ ^^^H -'^^^^^^^ iontown, Pa.; in 1906Sf^^^Bi ^^ 'vt'as judge of the disUnited States trict court for the western district of Pennsylvania; and since 1908 has been chairman of the Pennsylvania state railroad commisHis grandfather, Nathaniel Ewing, sion. and his father, John K. Ewing, also filled the office of president judge in the same dis-

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his great-grandfather, John Kenof the judges of the supreme

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jurist, 21, 1860, in Lafourche, La-

in 1881 he graduated from the university of Mississippi with the degrees of Ph.B. and LL.B. Since 1882 he has practiced law in the state and federal courts of Texas, and in the supreme court of the United States. By appointment he has presided over district and supreme courts of Texas. He has

a large practice in Texas at Houston; and has been president of the Texas bar association.

Ewing, Thomas, lawyer. United

States

senator, cabinet officer, was born Dec. 28, 1789, in West Liberty, Va. In 1830-37 and

1849-51 he was United States senator from Ohio. In 1841 he was

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secretary of the treas-

ury; and in 1849-50 he was secretary of the interior. Se was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861. He died Oct. 26, 1871, in Lancaster, Ohio. This great statesman was the father of Thomas Ewing, the eminent jurist, soldier and statesman, of Kansas and Ohio.

Ewing, Thomas, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug.

soldier,

jurist,

1829, in Lanto Kansas in 1856; and was appointed chief justice of the United States court for that territory. He was a, member of the constitutional convention of the new state. In 1862 he entered the union army as a colonel; and was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1864. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1873; and in 187781 he was a representative from Ohio to the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses a& a democrat. He was assistant secretary of the interior. He died Jan. 20, 1896, in New York City. Ewing, Thomas, lawyer, author, was bom May 21, 1862, in Leavenworth, Kan. Since 1891 he has practiced law in New York City, making a specialty of patent cases. He i» the author of Jonathan, a tragedy. caster,

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Ewing, Thomas Davis, educator, clergyman, college president, was bom Dec. 28, 1832, in Lewisville, Pa. In 1860-62 he was principal in Dunlap's Creek academy. Pa. He was ordained in 1864 by the presbytery; and in 1864-89 filled pastorates in Pennsyl-