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Thomas Ewing Sr. (December 28, 1789 – October 26, 1871) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving as the fourteenth secretary of the treasury and the first secretary of the interior .
Thomas Ewing, Sr. (West Liberty, 28 de dezembro de 1789 – Lancaster, 26 de outubro de 1871) foi um advogado e político norte-americano do estado de Ohio. [1] Ewing estudou na Universidade de Ohio e começou a praticar direito em 1816.
Thomas Ewing Jr. (August 7, 1829 – January 21, 1896) was an attorney, the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate, Union Army general during the American Civil War, and two-term United States Congressman from Ohio, 1877–1881.
From 1818 to 1829, Ewing served as the prosecuting attorney for Fairfield County. Although he lost an 1821 election for the state legislature, he secured his 1830 bid for a seat in the United States Senate, serving as a Whig until 1836, when he failed to garner reelection.
Thomas Ewing, Commissioner Ewing's grandfather, was the first Secretary of the Interior Department, having been appointed by President Zachary Taylor in 1849 when the Department was formed.
When the Civil War began, Ewing was elected colonel of the 11th Kansas Infantry and served under General James G. Blunt at the Battle of Prairie Grove. His successful defense of Fort Davidson in Missouri in September, 1864 helped stop an invasion of Missouri by Confederate General Sterling Price.
26 de out. de 2020 · Thomas Ewing, Sr. was an influential Ohio lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate, as United States Secretary of the Treasury, and as United States Secretary of the Interior.
12 de jan. de 2024 · Thomas Ewing served as Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler only six months, resigning on September 13 due to a dispute over Tyler’s veto of a bill establishing a national bank. In 1849, President Zachary selected Thomas Ewing to serve as the nation’s first Secretary of the Interior.
12 de jan. de 2024 · Thomas Ewing, Jr., was a prominent lawyer and politician who served as a Union general in the West during the American Civil War. In June 1862, Thomas Ewing, Jr. helped organize the “Red Legs,” a unit of scouts that protected the Kansas border from marauders headquartered in Missouri.
Thomas Ewing, a family friend and a Whig political force in Ohio, adopted the boy, and his foster mother added William to his name. When Sherman was 16, Ewing obtained an appointment to West Point for him. Sherman graduated near the head of his class… Read More
