Biography

11/26/1902 - 05/03/1967

Edwin Clark Ewing (R37) Allegheny (Part) County 1965-1967

Early Life:

Edwin Clark Ewing, born November 26, 1902, Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pa., son of E.J. and Etta Clark Ewing; public school education; Petroleum Engineering School, Cincinnati, Ohio; 103rd Medical Unit, United States Army, three years; lubricating and sales engineer, oil business, thirty-six years; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1939-1940 term, unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House, 1940; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1943-1964, not a candidate for reelection, 1964; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1965-1967; married, Gertrude Sherlock Ewing, 1922 (d.1949), children, Edwin Laird Ewing, Wayne Stewart Ewing; married, Esmarelda Eakin Ewing, 1950; died, May 3, 1967, while in office of the Senate, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Mount Lebanon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1939-1940 term, unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House, 1940, appointed, Joint State Government Commission, 1939-1940.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1943-1964, appointed, Joint State Government Commission, 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, not a candidate for reelection, 1964.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 37thd district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1965-1967, appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1967; died, May 3, 1967, while in office of the Senate; Wayne Stewart Ewing seated, November 29, 1967, to fill vacancy.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy:

Son, Wayne Stewart Ewing, Pennsylvania State Senate, 37th district, Allegheny (Part) County 1967-1976.

Wayne Stewart Ewing  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov) 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Edwin Clark Ewing (1902-1967) - Find a Grave Memorial