Claude A. Swanson

American lawyer and politician (1862–1939)

Person Human Q658506

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: March 31, 1862
Date of death: July 7, 1939
Place of birth: Swansonville
Place of death: Rapidan Camp
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: politician, lawyer, governor
Position held: United States representative, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia, Governor of Virginia (1906–1910), United States senator (1910–1911), United States senator (1911–1913), United States senator (1913–1915), United States senator (1915–1917), United States senator (1917–1919), United States senator (1919–1921), United States senator (1921–1923), United States senator (1923–1925), United States senator (1925–1927), United States senator (1927–1929), United States senator (1929–1931), United States senator (1931–1933)^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Educated at: Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, Randolph–Macon College^[14]^[15]^[16]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[18]
Work location: Washington, D.C.^[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Family name: Swanson^[19]
Given name: Claude^[20]
Name in native language: Claude A. Swanson^[23]
Place of burial: Hollywood Cemetery^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 26

ISNI: 000000010954706X
VIAF cluster ID: 11251586
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n84135105
GND ID: 1175969540
American National Biography ID: 0600639
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 104872164
Encyclopedia Virginia ID: Swanson_Claude_A_1862-1939
FAST ID: 141834
Find a Grave memorial ID: 23257
Freebase ID: /m/03fcxm
Geni profile ID: 6000000019540864426
NNDB people ID: 459/000176928

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NUKAT ID: n2007147248
National Governors Association biography URL: www.nga.org
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810620419705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 147883415
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 100002
Political Graveyard politician ID: swanson.html#965.19.67
Prabook ID: 2512976, 938719
SNAC ARK ID: w6br93jb
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10568828
US Congress Bio ID: S001094
United States House of Representatives ID: 22491
WikiTree person ID: Swanson-1392
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqVY7pKFHMyjvGgC97vHC
Yale LUX ID: person/05b39ec4-db24-4e75-bbed-a6082b1f1975

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🔗 Connections

Position held 14

Governor of Virginia, United States representative, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator +6 more

Educated at 2

University of Virginia, Virginia Tech

Occupation 2

politician, lawyer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Claude

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

Place of burial 1

Hollywood Cemetery

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

Washington, D.C.

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Summary

Claude A. Swanson was born on March 31, 1862^[1], in Swansonville^[2]. He died on July 7, 1939^[3], in Rapidan Camp^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5], lawyer^[6], and governor^[7].

FAQs

Where was Claude A. Swanson born?

Claude A. Swanson's place of birth was Swansonville^[2].

Where did Claude A. Swanson die?

Claude A. Swanson passed away in Rapidan Camp^[4].

What did Claude A. Swanson do for work?

Claude A. Swanson worked as a politician^[5], lawyer^[6], and governor^[7].

Where did Claude A. Swanson go to school?

Claude A. Swanson was educated at Virginia Tech^[14], University of Virginia^[15], and Randolph–Macon College^[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — place of birth (P19): Swansonville. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — place of death (P20): Rapidan Camp. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — position held (P39): member of the United States House of Representatives. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — position held (P39): Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — position held (P39): Governor of Virginia. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — position held (P39): United States senator. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2021-01-29. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — educated at (P69): Virginia Tech. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — educated at (P69): University of Virginia. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — educated at (P69): Randolph–Macon College. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — occupation (P106): politician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — occupation (P106): lawyer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — occupation (P106): governor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — place of burial (P119): Hollywood Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-06-13. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — date of birth (P569): March 31, 1862. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — date of death (P570): July 7, 1939. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — family name (P734): Swanson. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — given name (P735): Claude. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — work location (P937): Washington, D.C.. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Claude A. Swanson — name in native language (P1559): Claude A. Swanson. wikidata.org.

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