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Ewing, Thomas

(28 December 1789–26 October 1871)

R. Owen Williams

https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0700805

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Ewing, Thomas (28 December 1789–26 October 1871), first Secretary of the Interior, fourteenth Secretary of the United States Treasury, and United States senator from Ohio, was born in West Liberty, Virginia (later West Virginia), the son of George Ewing, a farmer who served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, and Rachel Harris Ewing....

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date: 26 February 2021

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