Ewing

Ewing, THOMAS, American statesman, was born in Virginia in 1789, and in 1816 was admitted to the Ohio bar, of which he afterwards became the unquestioned leader. He sat in the United States senate in 1831-37, was secretary of the treasury in 1841, and in 1849-50 organised the newly-created department of the interior, afterwards returning for a time to the senate. He died at Lancaster, Ohio, 26th October 1871.