Individual Details
Sen. William Lee Davidson Ewing
(31 Aug 1795 - 25 Mar 1846)
Served a term in U.S. Senate from Illinois. He married Caroline S. Berry.
EWING, William Lee Davidson, (1795 - 1846)
Senate Years of Service: 1835-1837
Party: Jacksonian
EWING, William Lee Davidson, a Senator from Illinois; born in Paris, Ky., August 31, 1795; pursued academic studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Shawneetown, Ill.; appointed by President James Monroe receiver of the land office at Vandalia, Ill., in 1820; brigadier general of State militia; colonel of the “Spy Battalion” during the Black Hawk War; clerk of the State house of representatives 1826-1828; member, State house of representatives 1830, and served as speaker; member, State senate 1832-1834, and was chosen president pro tempore in 1832; acting lieutenant governor 1833; Governor of Illinois in 1834 for only fifteen days; appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elias K. Kane and served from December 30, 1835, to March 3, 1837; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1837; member, State house of representatives in 1838 and 1840 and at both sessions was chosen speaker; clerk of the State house of representatives in 1842; appointed auditor of public accounts 1843; died in Springfield, Ill., March 25, 1846; final interment probably in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Events
| Birth | 31 Aug 1795 | Logan County, Kentucky |  | ||
| Death | 25 Mar 1846 | Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois | |
Families
| Father | Rev. Finis Ewing (1773 - 1841) |
| Mother | Margaret "Peggy" Davidson (1774 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Winifred Warren Ewing (1794 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Thompson McGready Ewing (1798 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Polly Ewing (1800 - 1800) |
| Sibling | Dovey Bryan Ewing (1801 - 1802) |
| Sibling | Baxter McGee Ewing (1803 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Mary Anderson Ewing (1805 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Margaret Davidson Ewing (1807 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Pamela Jane Ewing (1809 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Finis Young Ewing (1811 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Washington Perry Ewing (1814 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Robert Chatham Donnell Ewing (1816 - ) |
| Sibling | Ephraim Brevard\Barnett Ewing (1819 - 1873) |
Endnotes
1. Email.
2. Presley Kittredge Ewing & Mary Ellen (Williams) Ewing, The Ewing Genealogy with Cognate Branches: A Survey of the Ewings & Their Kin in America. (Hurcules ptg. & book co., 1919), p.59.