Andrew Ewing

Andrew Ewing (born June 17, 1813 in Nashville , Tennessee , †  June 16, 1864 in Atlanta , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Andrew Ewing was the younger brother of Congressman Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809-1902). He studied at the University of Nashville after elementary school until 1832 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1835, he began working in his new profession in Nashville. From 1833 until his death he was a curator at the University of Nashville. Unlike his brother, who was a member of the Whigs , Andrew Ewing joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1848 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Washington Barrow on March 4, 1849 . Since he refused to run again in 1850, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1851 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Ewing returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1860 he was a delegate to the second Democratic National Convention in Baltimore . During the Civil War he was a Confederate military judge under General Braxton Bragg . He died in Atlanta on June 16, 1864, the day before his 49th birthday.

Web links

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

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