Thomas Ewing Sr. 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 of famous American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.

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Occupation: politician, lawyer
Position held: United States Secretary of the Treasury, United States Secretary of the Interior, United States senator, United States senator
Citizenship: United States
Born: December 28, 1789
Died

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Thomas Ewing

American politician (1789–1871)

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Occupation: politician, lawyer
Position held: United States Secretary of the Treasury, United States Secretary of the Interior, United States senator, United States senator
Citizenship: United States
Born: December 28, 1789
Died

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October 26, 1871

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