Claude Augustus Swanson
45th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office March 6, 1933 – July 7, 1939
Preceded by	Charles F. Adams III
Succeeded by	Charles Edison
United States Senator from Virginia
In office August 1, 1910 – March 4, 1933
Preceded by	John W. Daniel
Succeeded by	Harry F. Byrd
U.S. House of Representatives Virginia's 5th congressional district
In office March 4, 1893 – January 30, 1906
Preceded by	Posey G. Lester
Succeeded by	Edward W. Saunders
Personal details
Born	(1862-03-31)March 31, 1862 Swansonville, Virginia, U.S.
Died	July 7, 1939(1939-07-07) (aged 77) Rapidan Camp, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Deane Lyons Swanson
Alma mater	Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Randolph-Macon College University of Virginia
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Teacher

Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862 – July 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.^[1]

He was Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 until his death at age 77.

Memorials[link]

The Swanson Middle School in Arlington, Virginia is named for him.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Claude A. Swanson of Virginia: A Political Biography, Henry C. Ferrell Jr., The University Press of Kentucky, 1985

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Media related to Claude A. Swanson at Wikimedia Commons
• Claude A. Swanson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-05-16
• "Claude A. Swanson". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23257. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 

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v t e Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) Vice President John Nance Garner (1933–1941) Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945) Harry S. Truman (1945) Secretary of State Cordell Hull (1933–1944) Edward Stettinius, Jr. (1944–1945) Secretary of War George Dern (1933–1936) Harry Hines Woodring (1936–1940) Henry L. Stimson (1940–1945) Secretary of the Treasury William Hartman Woodin (1933–1934) Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1934–1945) Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings (1933–1939) Frank Murphy (1939–1940) Robert H. Jackson (1940–1941) Francis Biddle (1941–1945) Postmaster General James Farley (1933–1940) Frank Comerford Walker (1940–1945) Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson (1933–1939) Charles Edison (1940) Frank Knox (1940–1944) James Forrestal (1944–1945) Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes (1933–1945) Secretary of the Agriculture Henry A. Wallace (1933–1940) Claude R. Wickard (1940–1945) Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper (1933–1938) Harry Hopkins (1939–1940) Jesse H. Jones (1940–1945) Henry A. Wallace (1945) Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (1933–1945)

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