Joseph Gardner Swift
Military Person
1783 – 1848
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Who was Joseph Gardner Swift?
Joseph Gardner Swift, the first graduate of the United States Military Academy, was born on 31 December 1783 on Nantucket Island, the son of Foster Swift and his wife, Deborah. At the age of six, he saw George Washington on Boston Common, an experience that made an indelible impression on him.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1783
Nantucket - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- 1848
Geneva
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on July 23, 2013
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