Charles Ewing (politician)

Charles Ewing (June 8, 1780 in Bridgeton, New Jersey – August 5, 1832) was an American politician from New Jersey, who served as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

For other people named Charles Ewing, see Charles Ewing (disambiguation).
Charles Ewing
Portrait of Ewing by C.Lawrence dated 1834
Born(1780-06-08)June 8, 1780
Bridgeton, New Jersey
DiedAugust 5, 1832(1832-08-05) (aged 52)
Trenton, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
OccupationChief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
Years active1824-1832

Ewing graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1798 and then moved to Trenton to study law with Samuel Leake, a local lawyer. He was licensed as an attorney in November 1802, as a counselor in 1805, and called to the degree of sergeant-at-law in 1812. Ewing was the recorder for the City of Trenton, ran unsuccessfully for the New Jersey Legislature in 1815, was a commissioner to revise the laws of New Jersey in 1819, and the director of the Trenton Banking Company in 1821 and 1823-1824. Ewing was appointed as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1824 and was reelected to that post shortly before his death from cholera in 1832. Ewing married Eleanor Graeme Armstrong, daughter of the Rev. James Francis Armstrong, and they had two daughters and two sons.[1]

Ewing Township, formed on February 22, 1834,[2] was named in his honor.[3]

References
  1. Manuscript Group 283, Ewing Family (Trenton, NJ) Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 9, 2007
  2. "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 161.
  3. Ewing Township By Jo Ann Tesauro, accessed January 10, 2007
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