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Robert C. McEwen

Official portrait of Robert C. McEwen
Robert C. McEwen
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative NY
Republican

Republican
NY
House
A Representative from New York. Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. , January 5, 1920. Attended the public schools, the Mount Hermon (Mass. ) School, the University of Vermont, the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania. Was graduated from Albany Law School in 1947. Admitted to the bar in 1947. Commenced practice in Ogdensburg, N. Y. United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1946, and was discharged as a sergeant. Member of the New York state senate, 1954-1964. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1981). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980. Appointed by President Reagan to the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 1981-1989. Died on June 15, 1997, in Ogdensburg, N. Y. Interment in Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N. Y.