27 Facts About Tom Ewing

Tom Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 1991, and a US Congressman representing the 15th district of Illinois from July 2,1991 until his retirement on January 3,2001.

Tom Ewing served in the United States Army Reserve from 1957 to 1963.

Tom Ewing practiced law privately from 1968 until 1991, and Tom Ewing was the Livingston County, Illinois Assistant State's Attorney from 1968 until 1973.

Tom Ewing served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1974 to 1991.

Tom Ewing was considered an expert on revenue and fiscal matters.

In 1991, Tom Ewing was elected to represent the 15th district of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives after winning a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Ed Madigan.

Tom Ewing held the seat from July 2,1991 until his retirement on January 3,2001.

Tom Ewing was regarded to be a conservative member of the House, but was more so a fiscal conservative than a social conservative.

Tom Ewing served on the House Committee on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, and House Administration.

Tom Ewing chaired the Agriculture Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.

Tom Ewing served on the Central Committee of the Illinois Republican Party.

Tom Ewing played an active role in shaping the Republican Revolution that brought his party to the majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in more than 40 years.

Tom Ewing was a strong backer of the "Contract with America".

In January 1995 Tom Ewing was named a deputy Republican House Whip.

Newt Gingrich selected Tom Ewing to be his successor as chairman of the Conservative Opportunity Society.

In December 1998 Tom Ewing voted in favor of all articles of impeachment proposed against President Bill Clinton.

In late-1998, Tom Ewing was instrumental in rallying the support needed to make Dennis Hastert the new leader of the House Republican Conference, positioning Hastert to be elected speaker in January 1999.

In December 2000 Tom Ewing introduced the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.

From 2001 to 2007, Tom Ewing served as the chairman of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee, a joint effort of the Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy to encourage renewable fuel development and production.

Tom Ewing is a former director of the Energy Future Coalition and the Future Commodity Trading Commission, a regulatory body over America's future exchanges.

Tom Ewing is a former director of the Institute for Representative Government, a federally-funded bipartisan effort to advance democratic principles among the leaders of developing nations.

Tom Ewing served 12 years as Chairman of Monsanto's National Grower Advisory Council, a distinguished group made up of the elected chairmen and CEOs of the most major agricultural commodities and connected trade promotion groups in America.

Tom Ewing has received honorary Doctor of Law degrees from Lincoln College, The John Marshall Law School, and Millikin University.

Tom Ewing is a former director of the Energy Future Coalition and the Future Commodity Trading Commission, a regulatory body over America's future exchanges.

Tom Ewing is a former director of the Institute for Representative Government, a federally-funded bipartisan effort to advance democratic principles among the leaders of developing nations.

Tom Ewing is a retired director of the Pontiac National Bank Holding Company.

Tom Ewing is working on several major initiatives to advance the development of alternate and renewable energy sources that would benefit our national economy, contribute to national defense, and reduce our need for imported oil, and was a member of the Steering Committee of the Ag Energy Working Group 25x25.