Thomas Ewing, Jr.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Thomas Ewing, Jr. (August 7, 1829 January 21, 1896) was an attorney, the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate, Union Army general during the American Civil War, and two-term United States Congressman from Ohio.Ewing was born in Lancaster, Ohio. His father, Thomas Ewing, was a very successful lawyer (possibly the best real estate lawyer of his time) and Whig politician on the national stage. Although Ewing Sr. was a Irish Protestant, his mother, Maria Wills Boyle, converted the family to strong Roman Catholicism. The younger Ewing was a foster brother of William T. Sherman and became his brother-in-law when Sherman married his sister, Ellen Ewing Sherman. Two other brothers were also Civil War generals Charles Ewing and Hugh Boyle Ewing. Tom Ewing Jr.''s relationship with Sherman was strong throughout their years.