Wesley Abner D'Ewart was a U.S.

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He was born in Worcester

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, Massachusetts

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 as the son of William John D'Ewart and Mary Elizabeth Barnard. In a special election due to the death of James F. O'Connor

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, D'Ewart was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives

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 from Montana

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 and served from June 5, 1945 to January 3, 1955. He ran for the United States Senate

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 from Montana in 1954 against liberal incumbent James Edward Murray

James Edward Murray

James Edward Murray was a United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961....

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After a hard-fought campaign, D'Ewart narrowly lost the election by a vote of 114,591 to 112,863 http://google.com/search?q=cache:MCfZcOeRtg0J:clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1954election.pdf+james+murray+Wesley+D%27Ewart+votes&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&ie=UTF-8. He died in Livingston, Montana

Livingston, Montana

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, aged 83.

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