James Arthur Ewing

{{Short description|American politician (1916–1996)}} '''James Arthur Ewing''' (October 1, 1916 – February 16, 1996) was an American politician who was the [[governor of American Samoa]]. He took the office on November 28, 1952 and resigned just over four months later, on March 4, 1953.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sorensen |first=Stan |title=The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1606-2007 |url=http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf |publisher=[[Government of American Samoa]] |accessdate=June 6, 2010 |page=287 |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227053254/http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf |archivedate=February 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Barrett Lowe|url=http://americansamoa.gov/governors/richard-barrett-lowe|work=Governors|publisher=[[Government of American Samoa]]|accessdate=June 6, 2010|year=2010|archive-date=April 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427121848/http://americansamoa.gov/governors/richard-barrett-lowe|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was appointed by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] to maintain order and prepare for the transition to Republican administration after the Democrats lost the presidential election of [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]].<ref>Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). ''Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000''. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 27. ISBN 9829036022.</ref><ref name=Gray>{{cite book|last=Gray|first=John Alexander Clinton|title=Amerika Samoa|year=1980|publisher=Ayer Publishing|isbn=0-405-13038-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJ5HAop7ga0C|accessdate=December 14, 2014|page=262}}</ref>

== Biography == Ewing was born in [[Boardman, Ohio]] on October 1, 1916,<ref name="google">{{cite journal|title=Facts on File Yearbook|journal=Facts on File|date=1953|volume=12|publisher=Facts on File, Incorporated|issn=0196-2981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uo4YAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=December 14, 2014}}</ref> and later lived in [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]]. Prior to his appointment, Ewing was an [[Senior management|executive]] with an [[Ohio]] steel company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|title=Governor of U. S. Samoa Named|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 29, 1952|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=Eisenhower Names Postmaster Aides|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 March 1953|page=15}}</ref>

In July 1956, his wife, former model Bernice Ewing, sued him for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty.<ref>{{cite news |title=James Arthur Ewing is Sued for Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/269881282/?terms=James%2BArthur%2BEwing |accessdate=September 27, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |agency=Associated Press |date=July 5, 1956 |page=2}}</ref> A year later, a judge increased the payments but it was stated Ewing's whereabouts were unknown; he had last been heard from in Fiji in January of that year, when payments abruptly stopped.<ref>{{cite news |title=Model Wins in Court |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/295857447/?terms=James%2BArthur%2BEwing |accessdate=September 27, 2018 |work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette |agency=API |date=June 12, 1957 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Where's the Husband? Model Wins Boost in Support Payments – But There's a Hitch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50608460/?terms=James%2BArthur%2BEwing |accessdate=September 27, 2018 |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |agency=AP |date=June 12, 1957 |page=6}}</ref> At the time of his father's death in 1961, Ewing was residing in [[Capri, Italy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank C. Ewing Dies; Horse Breeder, Writer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=pqgf-8x9CmQC&dat=19611120&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator|date=November 20, 1961|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> He later returned to Fiji, and died in [[Ingleburn, New South Wales]], Australia on February 16, 1996, at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Arthur Ewing gravesite |url=https://ibb.co/p0GDjSZ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223094817/https://ibb.co/p0GDjSZ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 23, 2024 |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ewing, James Arthur |url=https://ryersonindex.org/search.php |access-date=11 February 2024 |publisher=Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |date=19 February 1996}}</ref>

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