ZW Ewing

Zwingle Whitefield "ZW" Ewing (* 1843 in Pulaski , Tennessee ; † August 9, 1909 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1889, he was the de facto lieutenant governor of the state of Tennessee as President of the State Senate , even if this office was not formally established until 1951.

Career

ZW Ewing attended the public schools in his home country, mostly in the winter months because he worked on a farm in the summer. Since 1859 he was at the Lewisburg Male Academy and the following year at Maryville College, also in Tennessee. During the Civil War he served in the Confederation Army . In 1864 he was captured. After the war, he continued his education with a degree at the University of Virginia . Between 1868 and 1869 he was a teacher in Richmond . A trip to Europe followed, during which he learned German. Then he was a Latin teacher at Giles College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1872, he began to work in this profession in Pulaski. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1876, he was President of the Democratic Party Congress for Tennessee. A year later he became a Tennessee state railroad assessor for his state.

Ewing first sat in the Tennessee Senate between 1879 and 1881. In 1887 he returned to this Chamber for another two-year term and became its President. In that capacity, he was Deputy Governor Robert Love Taylor . With this he actually held the post of lieutenant governor. This office was or is anchored in the constitution in most other US states; in Tennessee this has only been the case since 1951. Ewing later practiced as a lawyer again. In the meantime, he also entered the banking industry and became President of the People's National Bank of Pulaski . He was also a member of a Confederation Veterans Organization and was a member of the Freemasons . Z. W. Ewing died on August 9, 1909 in Pulaski.

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↑ Zwingle Ewing's first name is also given as "Zwingli" in some sources. But this is the same person. How the different names came about can no longer be determined.

personal data
SURNAME	Ewing, ZW
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ewing, Zwingle Whitefield (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pulaski , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1909
Place of death	Pulaski , Tennessee

[1] Zwingle Ewing's first name is also given as "Zwingli" in some sources. But this is the same person. How the different names came about can no longer be determined.