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Thomas Ewing Jr. (August 7, 1829 – January 21, 1896) was an attorney, the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate
Thomas Ewing Jr. is perhaps most remembered for issuing and enforcing General Order No. 11 during the Civil War. But Ewing's legacy far exceeds this one event.
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Thomas Ewing, Jr. was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 7, 1829. He was the foster brother of William Tecumseh Sherman, and he became Sherman's brother-in-law.
Thomas Ewing Sr. (December 28, 1789 – October 26, 1871) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as ...
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Thomas Ewing Jr. is a larger than life figure in the late 1800s whose four-man law firm in Leavenworth, Kansas before the civil war featured some of the ...
Bio: After fighting the admission of Kansas to the Union as a slave state, Ewing was elected the chief justice of the state supreme court in 1861.
President William Henry Harrison appointed Thomas Ewing (1789 - 1871) Secretary of the Treasury in 1841 and he was retained by President John Tyler after ...
On August 25, 1863, General Ewing issued his controversial General Order No. 11. This order required all residents of Jackson, Cass, Bates, and parts of Vernon ...
In 1862, Ewing recruited the 11th Kansas Cavalry and was elected its first colonel. In March 1863 he was promoted to brigadier general for his leadership at the ...
Jun 3, 2019 · Thomas Ewing Jr. (1829-1896) was the son of a US Senator from Ohio and Secretary of Treasury and of the Interior.