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'''Robert Wilson Ewing, I''', also known as '''Colonel Ewing''' (September 27, 1859 &ndash; April 27, 1931), was a prominent [[newspaper]] [[journalist]], editor, and [[publisher]] and political figure, primarily in [[Louisiana]], in the last two decades of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century.<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - E - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 20, 2021.<ref>

'''Robert Wilson Ewing, I''', also known as '''Colonel Ewing''' (September 27, 1859 &ndash; April 27, 1931), was a prominent [[newspaper]] [[journalist]], editor, and [[publisher]] and political figure, primarily in [[Louisiana]], in the last two decades of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century.<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - E - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref>

Ewing was born in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], to James Lindsay Ewing, a [[cotton]] merchant, and the former Martha Hunter. At the age of thirteen, he was a messenger for the [[Western Union]] Telegraph Company. At seventeen, he was a [[telegraph]]er for the [[Associated Press]]. In 1879, he helped establish and managed the Mobile division of the Union Telegraph Company.  After he joined a strike

Ewing was born in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], to James Lindsay Ewing, a [[cotton]] merchant, and the former Martha Hunter. At the age of thirteen, he was a messenger for the [[Western Union]] Telegraph Company. At seventeen, he was a [[telegraph]]er for the [[Associated Press]]. In 1879, he helped establish and managed the Mobile division of the Union Telegraph Company.  After he joined a strike of the Order of Telegraphers [[labor union|union]], Ewing was [[blacklisted]] in Mobile. He therefore relocated to [[New Orleans]], where he managed the former ''Morning Chronicle,'' a journal owned by the [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Henry J. Hearsey (1810-1900), who also published the ''New Orleans Daily States.''<ref name=dict/>

of the Order of Telegraphers [[labor union|union]], Ewing was [[blacklisted]] in Mobile. He therefore relocated to [[New Orleans]], where he managed the former ''Morning Chronicle,'' a journal owned by the [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Henry J. Hearsey (1810-1900), who also published the ''New Orleans Daily States.''<ref name=dict/>

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In 1888, Ewing became affiliated with the reform, anti-machine faction of city politics. He served in the administration of New Orleans [[Mayor]] Joseph Ansoategui Shakespeare (1837-1896)<ref>Administrations of the Mayor's of New Orleans: Shakspeare (nutrias.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref> as an innovative city [[electrician]] and superintendent of the police telegraphy and fire-alarm systems. He also served for a time as the New Orleans [[municipal]] tax collector. Under Hearsey's tutelage, Ewing was also telegraph editor, circulation and business manager, and editor and proprietor of the ''Daily States,'' later the defunct ''States-Item.'' He was furthermore nationally prominent in the AP, having served two terms as vice president of the organization.<ref name=dict/>

In 1888, Ewing became affiliated with the reform, anti-machine faction of city politics. He served in the administration of New Orleans [[Mayor]] Joseph Ansoategui Shakespeare (1837-1896)<ref>Administrations of the Mayor's of New Orleans: Shakspeare (nutrias.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref> as an innovative city [[electrician]] and superintendent of the police telegraphy and fire-alarm systems. He also served for a time as the New Orleans [[municipal]] tax collector. Under Hearsey's tutelage, Ewing was also telegraph editor, circulation and business manager, and editor and proprietor of the ''Daily States,'' later the defunct ''States-Item.'' He was furthermore nationally prominent in the AP, having served two terms as vice president of the organization.<ref name=dict/>