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James Briggs McEwan (February 7, 1855 – December 27, 1915) was an American politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on February 7, 1855, in Albany, New York, the son of John McEwan and Agnes Gordon (Lauder) McEwan. He attended the public schools and Albany Free Academy. He graduated from Yale College in 1878. Then he engaged in the coal business with his brother.〔(''The New York Red Book'' ) compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 238f)〕 On April 21, 1898, he married Emma Smith McClure (died 1901). On December 6, 1902, he married Jennie (McClure) Manning, a widowed sister of his first wife. McEwan was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 2nd D.) in 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900. He was a member of the New York State Senate (29th D.) from 1901 to 1906, sitting in the 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th, 128th and 129th New York State Legislatures.〔(''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes'' ) by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 336, 338, 340f and 365f)〕 He was Postmaster of Albany from 1908 to 1909; and Mayor of Albany from 1910〔(''CITY TICKET IN ALBANY'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on September 29, 1909〕 to 1913. He died on December 27, 1915, in Albany, New York,〔(''Obituary Record of Graduates'' ) (Yale College; pg. 100f)〕 and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands.〔(Notable burials at Albany Rural Cemetery )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James B. McEwan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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