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Thomas Ewing
Whig · Senate · Ohio · 1831–1851
Thomas Ewing was a Whig U.S. senator from Ohio, serving 1831–1851. Cast 1,265 votes and missed 11.7%.
- Years in Congress
- 6
- Votes missed
- 11.7%
- Born
- 1789
- Died
- 1871
Biography
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 and also served as the fourteenth secretary of the treasury and the first secretary of the interior. He is also known as the foster father (and subsequently father-in-law) of famous American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.
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Terms in office
- Senate, Ohio1831–1837 · Anti-Jacksonian
- Senate, Ohio1850–1851 · Whig
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Capitol Receipts, “Thomas Ewing (W-OH), Senate 1831–1851,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/E000281/thomas-ewing (accessed 2026-10-13).