John Hoge Ewing

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John Hoge Ewing (October 5, 1796 – June 9, 1887) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John Hoge Ewing (uncle by marriage of James Gillespie Blaine) was born near Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1814. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Washington. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served as a trustee of Washington College from 1834 to 1887 and of Washington Female Seminary from 1846 to 1887. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1838 to 1842.

Ewing was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He resumed agricultural pursuits and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. He died in Washington in 1887. Interment in Washington Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by John Dickey

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1845 - 1847

Succeeded by John Dickey