Ewing was a trustee of Washington College from 1834 to 1887 and of Washington Female Seminary from 1846 to 1887 . He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1835-36 , and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1838 to 1842 . He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress , and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention . He was a staunch supporter of the Union cause during the Civil War , and in 1862 , at the age of 66 , served as Captain of Company F of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment of Militia , which was briefly called up and deployed to Chambersburg , PA , during Lee 's Maryland invasion that September
1860 Republican National Convention
1860 Republican National Convention
John Hoge Ewing