[1][2] He was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to maintain order and prepare for the transition to Republican administration after the Democrats lost the presidential election of 1952.
[3][4] Ewing was born in Boardman, Ohio on October 1, 1916,[5] and later lived in Youngstown.
[6][7] In July 1956, his wife, former model Bernice Ewing, sued him for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty.
[9][10] At the time of his father's death in 1961, Ewing was residing in Capri, Italy.
[11] He later returned to Fiji, and died in Ingleburn, New South Wales, Australia on February 16, 1996, at the age of 79.