George Washington Ewing | |
Representative to the Confederate Congress | |
Term Start: | 1861 |
Term End: | 1865 |
Title2: | Kentucky state legislature |
Term Start2: | 1842 |
Term End2: | 1844 |
Term Start3: | 1859 |
Term End3: | 1863 |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1808 |
Birth Place: | Adairville, Kentucky |
Predecessor: | office established |
Successor: | office abolished |
Death Place: | Logan County, Kentucky |
George Washington Ewing (November 29, 1808 - May 20, 1888) was an American Confederate politician from Kentucky. He was a Confederate delegate then representative during the Civil War.
Ewing was born in Adairville, Kentucky, and educated in the common schools of Logan County. He studied law, and after passing the bar exam, he became an attorney.
He served in the state legislature as representative from Logan County from 1842 to 1844, and again from 1859 to 1863.[1]
He went on to represent the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress, the First Confederate Congress, and the Second Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1865.
Ewing died near Adairville on May 20, 1888. He was buried in the old Red River Meeting House Cemetery in Logan County, Kentucky.