Thomas Ewing Jr. | |
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![]() General Thomas Ewing Jr. | |
Born | Lancaster, Ohio | August 7, 1829
Died | January 21, 1896 New York City, New York | (aged 66)
Place of burial | Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York |
Allegiance | United States of America Union |
Service/branch | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1862 – 1865 |
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Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Other work | Secretary Lawyer Congressman College Vice-President Founder of the Ohio Society of New York |
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. He barely lost the 1880 campaign for Ohio Governor.