Claude A. Swanson

Claude A. Swanson

Interment Location Visited  
Richmond, VA April 28, 2024  

Photographed April 28, 2024.
Photographed April 28, 2024.
Photographed April 28, 2024.

Fast Facts

Born: March 31, 1862 in Swansonville, Virginia

Spouses: Elizabeth Deane Lyons Swanson (m. 1894-1920); Lulie Lyons Hall Swanson (m. 1923-1939)

Political Affiliation: Democratic Party

House Tenure: 1893-1906

Gubernatorial Tenure: 1906-1910

Senate Tenure: 1910-1933

Served in Cabinet of: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Cabinet Position: Secretary of the Navy (1933-1939)

Died: July 7, 1939 in Madison County, Virginia

Age: 77

Interment: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

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