Claude A. Swanson

Claude Augustus Swanson


45th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office March 5, 1933 – July 7, 1939
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
45th Governor of Virginia
In office February 1, 1906 – February 10, 1910
Lieutenant	James Taylor Ellyson
Preceded by	Andrew J. Montague
Succeeded by	William Hodges Mann
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th 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
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 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 in 1939, at Herbert Hoover's Rapidan Camp (which was then available for use by the Roosevelt Administration) at age 77.

Electoral history

1892; Swanson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 53.91% of the vote, defeating Populist Benjamin T. Jones.
1894; Swanson was re-elected with 52.34% of the vote, defeating Republican G.W.Cornett, Independent G.W. Hale, and Populist W.T. Shelton.
1896; Swanson was re-elected with 50.98% of the vote, defeating Republican John Robert Brown.
1898; Swanson was re-elected with 57.02% of the vote, defeating Republican Edmund Parr, Populist R.A. Bennett, Independent Republican R.O. Martin, and Independent C.T. Seay
1900; Swanson was re-elected with 58.14% of the vote, defeating Republican John R. Whitehead.
1902; Swanson was re-elected with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Republican Beverly A. Davis and Populist Dan Dickerson.
1904; Swanson was re-elected with 64.98% of the vote, defeating Republican J.B. Stovall.
1905; Swanson was elected Governor of Virginia with 64.51% of the vote, defeating Republican Lunsford L. Lewis and Socialist Labor B.D. Downey.

Memorials

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

USS Swanson (DD-443) is named for him.

Short-lived Swanson County, Oklahoma, was also named for him, while he was still alive.

References

↑ Governor Swanson's Retreat, victorianvilla.com

External links

Media related to Claude A. Swanson at Wikimedia Commons
United States Congress. "Claude A. Swanson (id: S001094)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-05-16

"Claude A. Swanson". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor Claude A. Swanson, 1902-1913 (bulk 1906-1909) at The Library of Virginia

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Posey G. Lester	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th congressional district March 4, 1893 – January 30, 1906	Succeeded by Edward W. Saunders
Political offices
Preceded by Andrew J. Montague	Governor of Virginia February 1, 1906 – February 10, 1910	Succeeded by William H. Mann
United States Senate
Preceded by John W. Daniel	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Virginia August 1, 1910 – March 4, 1933 Served alongside: Thomas S. Martin, E. Carter Glass	Succeeded by Harry F. Byrd
Government offices
Preceded by Charles F. Adams III	United States Secretary of the Navy March 6, 1933 – July 7, 1939	Succeeded by Frank Knox

Governors of Virginia

Colony of Virginia	Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener Smith Percy Gates De La Warr Dale Yeardley Argall Wyatt West Pott Harvey West Berkeley Bennett Digges Mathews Colepeper Howard of Effingham Andros Nicholson Nott Jenings Hunter Orkney (absentee) Spotswood Drysdale "King" Carter Gooch Albemarle (absentee) Gooch Lee Burwell (acting) Dinwiddie Loudoun Fauquier Amherst (absentee) Fauquier Botetourt Nelson Dunmore

Commonwealth of Virginia	Henry Jefferson Fleming Nelson Harrison Henry E. Randolph B. Randolph H. Lee Brooke Wood Monroe Page Cabell Tyler Sr. G. Smith Monroe G. Smith P. Randolph Barbour Nicholas Preston T. Randolph Pleasants Tyler Jr. Giles J. Floyd Tazewell Robertson Campbell Gilmer Patton Rutherfoord Gregory McDowell W. "EB" Smith J. B. Floyd Johnson Wise Letcher W. "EB" Smith Pierpont Wells Walker Kemper Holliday Cameron F. Lee McKinney O'Ferrall J. H. Tyler Montague Swanson Mann Stuart Davis Trinkle Byrd Pollard Peery Price Darden Tuck Battle Stanley Almond A. Harrison Godwin Holton Godwin Dalton Robb Baliles Wilder Allen Gilmore Warner Kaine McDonnell McAuliffe

United States Senators from Virginia

Class 1	Grayson Walker Monroe S. Mason Taylor Venable Giles Moore Brent J. Barbour Randolph Tyler Rives Pennybacker J. Mason Willey Bowden Lewis Withers Mahone Daniel Swanson Byrd, Sr. Byrd, Jr. Trible Robb Allen Webb Kaine

Class 2	Lee Taylor H. Tazewell Nicholas Moore Giles A. Mason Eppes Pleasants Taylor L. Tazewell Rives Leigh Parker Roane Archer Hunter Carlile Johnston Riddleberger J. S. Barbour Hunton Martin Glass Burch Robertson Spong Scott J. Warner M. Warner

United States Department of the Navy

Secretaries

Cabinet level	Stoddert Smith Hamilton Jones Crowninshield S Thompson Southard Branch L. Woodbury Dickerson Paulding Badger Upshur Henshaw Gilmer Mason Bancroft Mason Preston Graham Kennedy Dobbin Toucey Welles Borie Robeson R Thompson Goff Hunt Chandler Whitney Tracy Herbert Long Moody Morton Bonaparte Metcalf Newberry Meyer Daniels Denby Wilbur Adams Swanson Edison Knox Forrestal

Dept. of Defense	Sullivan Matthews Kimball Anderson Thomas T. Gates Franke Connally Korth Nitze Ignatius Chafee Warner Middendorf Claytor Hidalgo Lehman Webb Ball Garrett O'Keefe Dalton Danzig England Winter Mabus

Under
Secretaries

Assistant
Secretaries

Pre-1954	Fox Faxon Soley McAdoo T. Roosevelt Sr. Allen Hackett Darling Newberry Satterlee Winthrop F. Roosevelt G. Woodbury T. Roosevelt Jr. Robinson Jahncke H. Roosevelt Edison Compton Bard Hensel Kenney Andrews Koehler Askins Fogler

Post-1954	Financial Management and Comptroller Installations and Environment Manpower and Reserve Affairs Research, Development and Acquisitions General Counsel of the Navy defunct: Air Installations and Logistics Material Research and Development Research, Engineering and Systems Shipbuilding and Logistics

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

Military Affairs Committee (1816–1947)	J. Williams Troup J. Williams Jackson Harrison Benton Preston Crittenden Benton Cass Benton Davis Shields Weller Davis Johnson Wilson Logan Spencer Randolph Logan Sewell Hawley Walthall Hawley Proctor Warren du Pont Johnston Chamberlain Wadsworth Reed Sheppard Reynolds Thomas

Naval Affairs Committee (1816–1947)	Tait Sanford Pleasants Lloyd Hayne Dallas Southard Rives R. Williams Mangum Bayard Fairfield Yulee Gwin Mallory J. Hale Grimes Cragin Sargent McPherson Cameron McPherson Cameron E. Hale Perkins Tillman Swanson Page F. Hale Trammell Walsh

Armed Services Committee (1947–Present)	Gurney Tydings Russell Saltonstall Russell Stennis Tower Goldwater Nunn Thurmond Warner Levin Warner Levin Warner Levin McCain

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Public Buildings (1838–1857)	Fulton Kerr Dayton Cameron Bright Hunter Whitcomb James Bayard

Public Buildings and Grounds (1857–1947)	Bright Foot Brown Fessenden Morrill Dawes Jones Rollins Mahone Stanford Vest Quay Fairbanks Warren Scott Sutherland Swanson Reed Fernald Lenroot Keyes Connally Maloney Andrews

Public Works (1947–1977)	Revercomb Chávez Martin Chávez McNamara Randolph

Environment and Public Works (1977–)	Randolph Stafford Burdick Moynihan Baucus Chafee Smith Reid Smith Jeffords Inhofe Boxer Inhofe

Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–45)

Vice President	John N. Garner (1933–41) Henry A. Wallace (1941–45) Harry S. Truman (1945)

Secretary of State	Cordell Hull (1933–44) Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. (1944–45)

Secretary of the Treasury	William Hartman Woodin (1933–34) Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1934–45)

Secretary of War	George H. Dern (1933–36) Harry H. Woodring (1936–40) Henry L. Stimson (1940–45)

Attorney General	Homer S. Cummings (1933–39) Frank Murphy (1939–40) Robert H. Jackson (1940–41) Francis B. Biddle (1941–45)

Postmaster General	James A. Farley (1933–40) Frank C. Walker (1940–45)

Secretary of the Navy	Claude A. Swanson (1933–39) Charles Edison (1940) Frank Knox (1940–44) James V. Forrestal (1944–45)

Secretary of the Interior	Harold L. Ickes (1933–45)

Secretary of Agriculture	Henry A. Wallace (1933–40) Claude Raymond Wickard (1940–45)

Secretary of Commerce	Daniel C. Roper (1933–38) Harry L. Hopkins (1938–40) Jesse H. Jones (1940–45) Henry A. Wallace (1945)

Secretary of Labor	Frances Perkins (1933–45)

Informal	Black Cabinet

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 11251586 LCCN: n84135105 BNF: cb104872164 (data) US Congress: S001094

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Claude A. Swanson

Electoral history

Memorials

References

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