The Political Graveyard: Beale-Blaine family of Pennsylvania

Beale-Blaine family of Pennsylvania

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John Hoge Ewing (1796-1887) — also known as John H. Ewing — of Washington, Washington County, Pa. Born near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., October 5, 1796. Son of William Porter Ewing and Mary (Conwell) Ewing; married, November 2, 1820, to Ellen Blaine (died 1840) (aunt of James Gillespie Blaine); married, August 12, 1845, to Margaret C. Brown. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1835-36; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1838-42; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1845-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Washington, Washington County, Pa., June 9, 1887. Interment at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
- See also: congressional biography.
Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) — Born in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1822. Son of George Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale; married 1849 to Mary Edwards; father of Truxtun Beale. Surveyor; explorer; led the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying military information; thought to be the courier who brought news to Washington of the discovery of gold in California; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1876-77. Camp Beale (now Beale Air Force Base) is named for him. Died in Washington, D.C., April 22, 1893. Interment somewhere in Chester, Pa.
James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) — also known as James G. Blaine; "The Plumed Knight"; "Belshazzar Blaine"; "Magnetic Man" — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa., January 31, 1830. Son of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine; nephew of Ellen Blaine (who married John Hoge Ewing); married, June 30, 1850, to Harriet Stonwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who married Truxtun Beale). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1876, 1880; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S. Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President of the United States, 1884. Congregationalist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1893. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 at Blaine Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine. Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are named for him.
- Cross-reference: Robert G. Ingersoll
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
- Books about James G. Blaine: Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum, Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President, 1884; Edward P. Crapol, James G. Blaine : Architect of Empire; Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History
Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., March 6, 1856. Son of Edward Fitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale; married, April 30, 1894, to Harriet 'Hattie' Blaine (daughter of James Gillespie Blaine); married, April 23, 1903, to Marie Oge. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1891-92; Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1912. Beale Park in Bakersfield is named for him. Died near Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., June 2, 1936. Interment at Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.

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