Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Republican Party politician who represented
New Jersey
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from 1895 to 1899.
Biography
McEwan was born in
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Columbia Law School
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was admitted to the bar about 1885 and commenced practice in
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and
Jersey City, New Jersey
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. He was the assessor of the fourth district of Jersey City in 1886 and 1887. He was secretary to Dr. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity Church in New York City from 1886-1906. He was tax assessor of Jersey City in 1887 and 1888, and was the United States commissioner and chief supervisor of elections for the district of New Jersey from August 1892 to October 1893. McEwan was a delegate to and secretary of every Republican convention of New Jersey and
Hudson County
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from 1877–1896, and was secretary of the Hudson County Republican general committee from 1878-1893. He served as a delegate to the
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in
1892
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Events
January
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and
1896
Events
January
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
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. He was a member of the
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in 1893 and 1894 and served as Republican leader in 1894.
McEwan was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1899, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1898.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law and also engaged in banking in West Hoboken, New Jersey, from 1904 until July 1, 1924, when he retired. He was controller of Jersey City 1906 and 1907. He died in Jersey City on September 11, 1926, and was interred in Flower Hill Cemetery in
North Bergen, New Jersey
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