John Ewing (politician)

John Ewing (born May 19, 1789 in Cork , Ireland , †  April 6, 1858 in Vincennes , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1839 he twice represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Even in his youth, John Ewing came with his parents to the United States, where the family first in Baltimore ( Maryland settled). There he attended public schools. In 1813 he moved to Vincennes, Indiana . There he published a local newspaper, among other things. Between 1816 and 1820 Ewing was an associate judge in the Knox County District Court . In 1816 and 1821 he ran unsuccessfully for the Indiana Senate . He was also a member of the state militia and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in this unit in 1825.

Politically, Ewing was an opponent of the future President Andrew Jackson . In the late 1820s he became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party ; In the mid-1830s, he joined the Whig Party , which was then founded . Between 1825 and 1833 he was a member of the State Senate. In the congressional election of 1832 Ewing was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded John Carr , who moved to the third district, on March 3, 1833 . Until March 3, 1835, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the discussions about President Jackson's politics. During this time it was mainly about the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president.

In the elections of 1836 Ewing was re-elected to Congress in the second district of his state, where on March 4, 1837 he was able to replace the Democrat John Wesley Davis , who had become his successor two years earlier. Since he lost again to Davis in 1838, he could only spend one more term in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1839. From 1842 to 1844, John Ewing was again a member of the Indiana Senate; then he retired. He died on April 6, 1858 in Vincennes.

Web links

• John Ewing in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Ewing in the database of Find a Grave (English)