Henry Adoniram Swift [SEP] position held
Henry Adoniram Swift
Henry Adoniram Swift (March 23, 1823February 25, 1869) was an American politician who was the third Governor of Minnesota. He served as governor from July 10, 1863 to January 11, 1864 after serving as the third Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota when Governor Alexander Ramsey resigned to enter the United States Congress. Prior to that he had served in the Minnesota Senate. Swift was a Republican.
Described by peers as gentle, self-effacing, and ambivalent toward politics, Henry Swift was Minnesota's
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