EWING, THOMAS (1789-1871), American lawyer and statesman, was born near the present West Liberty (W.Va.), Dec. 28, 1789. His father, George Ewing, settled at Lancaster, Fairfield county, 0., in 1792. Thomas graduated from Ohio university, Athens, O., in 1815, and in Aug. 1816 was admitted to the bar at Lancaster. He was a Whig member of the United States Senate 1831-37, and took a prominent part in the legisla tive struggle over the United States bank, whose rechartering he favoured. In March 1841 he became secretary of the treasury in President Harrison's cabinet. When, however, after President Tyler's accession, the relations between the president and the Whig party became strained, he retired (Sept. 1841). From March 1849 to July 185o he was a member of President Taylor's cabinet as the first secretary of the newly established department of the interior. He thoroughly organized the department, and advocated the construction by Government aid of a railroad to the Pacific coast. In 1850-51 he filled the unexpired term of Thomas Corwin in the U.S. Senate, opposing Clay's compromise measures and advocating the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia. He was a delegate to the Peace congress in 186i, and a loyal supporter of President Lincoln's war policy. He died at Lancaster, O., on Oct. 26, 1871.