Claude A. Swanson

U.S. Congressperson

1862 – 1939

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Who was Claude A. Swanson?

Claude Augustus Swanson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Virginia.

He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1893 until 1906, was the 45th Governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910, and represented Virginia as a United States Senator from 1910 until 1933. Swanson lived most of his life at his estate Eldon in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, built by the Whittle family for whom Chatham's Whittle Street is named.

He was Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 until his death in 1939, at Herbert Hoover's Rapidan Camp at age 77.

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Born
Mar 31, 1862
Swansonville
Also known as
  • Claude Swanson
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Virginia
  • Randolph-Macon College
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Died
Jul 7, 1939
Rapidan Camp

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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