Swanson, Claude Augustus (03/31/1862-07/07/1939)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Politician, U.S Representative, governor, U.S. Senator
  • Number of Terms: 1

Subject

  • Swanson, Claude Augustus 1862-1939
  • Board of Regents
  • United States Congress
  • Senator
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Regent type

Senator (Democrat)

State

Virginia

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971. The Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 to October 21, 1788) and the Congress of the United States (from the first thorough the ninety-first Congress March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, inclusive). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971; Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement 2, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Volume 1, 1897-1942. Chicago: A. N. Marquis Co., 1943.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 03/28/1928-03/1933

Topic

  • Legislators
  • Politicians
  • Regents

Place

  • United States
  • Virginia

Form/Genre

Biographies

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