Thomas Ewing Jr [electronic resource] : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / Ronald D. Smith.
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- Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
- Ewing family
- United States. Congress. House -- Biography
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- Lawyers -- Ohio -- Biography
- Judges -- Kansas -- Biography
- Businessmen -- United States -- Biography
- Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 328.73092 B 22
- E415.9.E95 S65 2008eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index.
"Examines Thomas Ewing Jr.'s career as a real estate lawyer, judge, soldier, and speculator in Kansas and how he came to national prominence in the fight over the proslavery Lecompton Constitution, was instrumental in starting the Union Pacific Railroad, and became the first chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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