John P. Swasey

John P. Swasey

John Philip Swasey (September 4, 1839 – May 27, 1928) was U.S. Representative from Maine from 1908 to 1911.

Biography[]

Swasey was born in Canton, Maine on September 4, 1839, and attended the Canton public schools, , Hebron Academy, Maine State Seminary (Bates College), and Tufts College. During the American Civil War, he served as a first lieutenant in Company K, Seventeenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry in the Union Army. In 1863 Swasey became an attorney in Canton, Maine where he later served as a county attorney, state legislator, and revenue assessor. Swasey was elected on November 3, 1908, as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles E. Littlefield and was elected to the Sixty-first Congress and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1911. Swasey died on May 27, 1928, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.

See also[]

• List of Bates College people

References[]

• United States Congress. "John P. Swasey (id: S001098)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-15

External links[]

• "John P. Swasey". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-15.

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