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 serving as the 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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28 December 1789 West Liberty, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S.
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26 October 1871 (aged 81) Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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