Benjamin Swift

Infobox Senator
name=Benjamin Swift


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jr/sr=United States Senator
state=Vermont
party=Democratic-Republican, National Republican, Whig
term=March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839
preceded=Horatio Seymour
succeeded=Samuel S. Phelps
date of birth=April 3, 1781
place of birth=Amenia, New York, USA
date of death=November 11, 1847
place of death=St. Albans, Vermont, USA
spouse=
profession=Politician, Lawyer, Banker, Farmer
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Benjamin Swift (April 3, 1781 – November 11, 1847) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator and lawyer from Vermont.

Swift was born in Amenia, New York. He moved with his father to Bennington, Vermont at the age of 5. In 1809 he moved to St. Albans, Vermont and became an important lawyer, banker and farmer in that area. He immediately became active in politics, serving in the Vermont state assembly during 1813. He again served in the Vermont state assembly from 1825 to 1827. He then served in the United States House of Representatives from Vermont from 1827 to 1831 and as a member of the United States Senate from Vermont from 1833 to 1839. Swift was not renominated for a second term in the Senate and returned to St. Albans, where he continued to work as a lawyer and farmer until his death. While in Congress, Swift was a strong opponent of President Andrew Jackson and helped found the Whig Party.

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6890580 Benjamin Swift] at Find A Grave