Hamilton G. Ewart

Hamilton G. Ewart

Hamilton Glover Ewart (born October 23, 1849 in Columbia , South Carolina , † April 28, 1918 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Ewart moved to Hendersonville , North Carolina with his parents in 1862 . He graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia, was admitted to the bar in 1870, and practiced in Hendersonville. In 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati . A year later, Ewart was elected mayor of Hendersonville. From 1887 to 1889, from 1895 to 1897 and from 1911 to 1913 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina .

Ewart was elected as a Republican to Congress and represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1891 . In 1890 and 1904 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US House of Representatives. After leaving Congress, he began practicing again in Hendersonville. In 1895 Ewart became a judge at the criminal court and in 1897 a judge at the court of appeal. From July 16, 1898 to March 4, 1899 and from April 14, 1899 to June 7, 1900 he was a federal judge in the United States District Court for the western district of North Carolina, where he succeeded the late Robert P. Dick . In 1916 Ewart moved to Chicago and began practicing there. He died in this town in 1918 and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville.

Web links

• Hamilton G. Ewart in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Hamilton G. Ewart in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges