OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Claude Augustus Swanson

BORN:
March 31, 1862;
Swansonville, Virginia

DIED:
July 7, 1939 (age 77);
Rapidan Camp, Virginia

EDUCATION:
Attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech),
Randolph-Macon College (BA, 1885)
University of Virginia School of Law (LLB, 1886)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1886:
Admitted to the Bar;
Began Practicing Law in Chatham, Virginia
1893-1906:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-VA)
1901:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Nomination as Governor
1906-1910:
Governor of Virginia
1910-1933:
U.S. Senator (D-VA)
1933-1939:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy

PORTRAITS:

RESOURCES:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt enjoys a joke with Ambassador to Mexico (and former Secretary of the Navy) Josephus Daniels, at right, and Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, during the fleet review off New York City, 31 May 1934. They are standing immediately in front of the second eight-inch gun turret of USS Indianapolis (CA-35). ( U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph)

BIOGRAPHIES:
U.S. Navy
Biographical Directory of Congress
Encyclopedia Virginia
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Virginia

OBITUARIES:
New York Times