Benjamin Swan
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Benjamin Swan | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 11th Hampden district |
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In office January 7, 2009 – January 4, 2017 |
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Succeeded by | Bud Williams |
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Born | Belzoni, Mississippi[1] |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Benjamin Swan is a former American state legislator who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and represented the 11th Hampden District from 2009-2016.[2]
On February 6, 2014, Swan was one of five members of the legislative body to vote against the expulsion of State Representative Carlos Henriquez, who had been convicted of assault.[3]
Before being elected a state legislator, Swan served for a time as the president of the Springfield, Massachusetts NAACP and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Springfield in the 1991 and 1993 mayoral elections[4][5] Swan was a black community activist, and had a career as a management and education consultant.[6]
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