Nathaniel Ewing

Nathaniel Ewing (June 17, 1848 – March 28, 1914) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Ewing received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1869 and an A.M. from Princeton University in 1872. He was in private practice in Uniontown, Pennsylvania from 1871 to 1887. He was a judge on the 14th Judicial District of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1899, returning to private practice in Uniontown from 1900 to 1906.

On September 25, 1906, Ewing received a recess appointment from Theodore Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Joseph Buffington. Formally nominated on December 3, 1906, Ewing was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received his commission the same day. Ewing served in that capacity for less than a year and a half, resigning on January 31, 1908.

He was then chairman of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission from 1908 to 1913, and chairman of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania from 1913 to 1914.

Sources

• Nathaniel Ewing at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Name	Ewing, Nathaniel
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Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	June 17, 1848
Place of birth	Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Date of death	March 28, 1914
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