Background
Ewing, Thomas was born on May 21, 1862 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of General Thomas and Ellen Ewing (Cox) Ewing.
Ewing, Thomas was born on May 21, 1862 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of General Thomas and Ellen Ewing (Cox) Ewing.
Student of University of Wooster, Ohio, 1879-1881. Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1885, A.M., 1886, law school, 1887-1888, tutor School of Mines, 1885-1888. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1890, Doctor of Laws, 1914.
William F. Cochran, October 24, 1894. Children—Alexandra (Mistress Thomas A. Stone), Thomas (died February 8, 1933), William Francis Cochran, Sherman, Gifford Cochran, Ellen Cox (Mistress Thomas A. Stone, she died June 18, 1931), Bayard. Assistant examiner United States Patent Office, 1888-1890.
Practiced in New York, 1891-1913, making specialty of patent law. Commissioner patents, United States, 1913-1917, resigned and resumed practice, New York City, August 1917. Lecturer on patent law, Georgetown University Law School, 1914-1932.
Has solicited some well-known patents, notably fundamental patent of Frank J. Sprague on multiple unit system of electrical train operation, fundamental patent of David T. Kenney on vacuum cleaning, and Professor M. I. Pupin’s patents on long distance telephony. Democratic candidate for mayor of Yonkers, 1897-1899. Member Yonkers school board, 1897-1903, police board, 1905-1907.
President Yonkers Tuberculosis Hospital Commission, 1910-1913. Chairman Munitions Patent Board, United States War and Navy departments, 1918-1920. President American group International Association, for Protection of Industrial Property, 1933-1935.
Delegate of the United States to International Conference, London, 1935.
Member Ohio Society of New York (president 1927-1929), Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: University, Century (New York, New York).
Married Anna Phillips, d. Children: Alexandra (Mistress Thomas A. Stone), Thomas (died February.