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EDWIN C. EWING
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Biography
11/26/1902 -
05/03/1967
EWING, Edwin C., a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pa., November 26, 1902; attended, Petroleum Engineering School, Cincinnati; served, 103rd Medical Unit, United States Army (3 years); lubricating and sales engineer, oil business (36 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1939 term and served 1 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1940); reelected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1943 term and served 10 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1939-1940, 1943-1956: Sub-Committee on Strip Mining, 1945-1946); appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on State-Local Highway Financing (1945-1948); Joint Legislative Committee on the Revision of Vehicle and Tractor Codes (1947-1948); appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1961-1964, 1967-1967); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1964); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1965-1967); died while in office of the Senate, May 3, 1967 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.