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In 1850 Ewing was appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Thomas Corwin, and served from July 20, 1850-March 3, 1851.

Ewing was unsuccessful in seeking re-election in 1851.

In 1861, Ewing served as one of Ohio's delegates to the peace conference held in Washington in hopes of staving off civil war.

After the war, Ewing was appointed by President Andrew Johnson to a third post as Secretary of War in 1868 following the firing of Edwin M. Stanton but the Senate, still outraged at Johnson's firing of Stanton — which had provoked Johnson's impeachment — refused to act on the nomination.