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Mar 31, 1862 Swansonville, Virginia, United States Died on 07 Jul 1939 (aged 77)
American politician
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About Claude A. Swanson
- Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862 – July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia.
- He served as U.S.
- Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S.
- Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), before becoming U.S.
- Secretary of the Navy under President Franklin D.
- Roosevelt from 1933 until his death.
- Swanson and fellow U.S.
- Senator Thomas Staples Martin led a Democratic political machine in Virginia for decades in the late 19th and early 20th century, which later became known as the Byrd Organization for Swanson's successor as U.S.
- Senator, Harry Flood Byrd.
