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Swift, Benjamin, 1781-1847

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Personal name headingSwift, Benjamin, 1781-1847
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Variant(s)Swift, Mr. (Benjamin), 1781-1847
Birth date1781-04-03
Death date1847-11-11
Place of birthAmenia (N.Y.)
Place of deathSaint Albans (Vt.)
AffiliationWhig Party (U.S.)
Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupationLegislators Lawyers
Found inIn Senate of the United States, 1835: p. 1 (Mr. Swift)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Jan. 15, 2008 (Swift, Benjamin, a Representative and a Senator from Vt.; b. Apr. 3, 1781; d. Nov. 11, 1847)
Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, April 8, 2016 (Swift, Benjamin, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Amenia, N.Y., April 3, 1781; moved with his father to Bennington, Vt., in 1786; completed preparatory studies; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Bennington; moved to Manchester and then to St. Albans in 1809; practiced law and also engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits; member, State house of representatives 1813, 1825, 1826; elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); was not a candidate for renomination in 1830; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate served from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1839; was not a candidate for renomination in 1839; resumed the practice of law and agricultural pursuits; died in St. Albans, Vt., on November 11, 1847; interment in the Old Cemetery, South Main Street.)
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