Henry Adoniram Swift

Henry Adoniram Swift (* 23. March 1823 in Ravenna , Ohio ; † 25. February 1869 in St. Peter , Minnesota ) was an American politician of the Republican Party and the third Governor of the State of Minnesota.

After graduating from Western Reserve College in his native Ohio, Swift taught the children of slave owners in Mississippi . However, the experience gained strengthened him in his abolitionist opinion, so he returned to Ohio and began studying law there. After graduating, he worked as a businessman. He began his political career in 1846 while working for the Ohio House of Representatives.

In 1853 he moved with his family to Saint Paul , Minnesota and later to St. Peter, where he worked in the real estate and insurance business. In 1862 he was elected to the Senate . In 1863 he replaced Ignatius L. Donnelly, who had moved to the US Congress , in the office of lieutenant governor , in the same year he became the third governor of the state on July 10, 1863. He took over from Alexander Ramsey , who had been elected as a senator to the United States Congress, until the end of his term on January 11, 1864. However, he was not re-elected by his party. Swift died of typhus at the age of 45 .

Swift was married with five children. In 1870 Swift County was named after him.

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SURNAME	Swift, Henry Adoniram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ravenna
DATE OF DEATH	February 25, 1869
Place of death	St. Peter