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  • Claude A. Swanson
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  • Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) 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 at age 77.
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Office
  • Governor of Virginia
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term start
  • 1893-03-04
  • 1906-02-01
  • 1910-08-01
  • 1933-03-05
Birth Date
  • 1862-03-31
death place
  • Rapidan Camp, Virginia, U.S.
preceded
Spouse
  • Elizabeth Deane Lyons
Name
  • Claude Augustus Swanson
District
  • 5
Succeeded
Alma mater
President
Party
  • Democrat
Birth Place
  • Swansonville, Virginia, U.S.
Title
term end
  • 1906-01-30
  • 1910-02-10
  • 1933-03-04
  • 1939-07-07
death date
  • 1939-07-07
Class
  • 1
jr/sr
  • Senator
Successor
Before
alongside
Years
  • --02-01
  • --03-04
  • --03-06
  • --08-01
After
State
  • Virginia
Profession
  • Politician, Lawyer, Teacher
lieutenant
Order
  • 45
Predecessor
abstract
  • Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) 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 at age 77.
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