Born on October 23 , 1849 , in Columbia , Richland County , South Carolina , Ewart attended private schools and moved with his parents to Hendersonville , Henderson County , North Carolina in 1862 . He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1876 from the University of South Carolina School of Law . He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hendersonville in 1870 . He was a Referee in Bankruptcy for the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina starting in 1872 . He was a delegate to the 1876 Republican National Convention . He was the Mayor of Hendersonville from 1878 to 1879 . He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889 , and from 1895 to 1897
1876 Republican National Convention
1876 Republican National Convention
Hamilton G. Ewart