Benjamin Swan | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 11th Hampden district | |
| In office January 7, 2009 – January 4, 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Bud Williams |
| Personal details | |
| 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 to 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]
- ^ "Representative Benjamin Swan, Sr. of Massachusetts". National Black Agenda Convention. Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- ^ "Benjamin Swan". Massachusetts General Court. 2013.
- ^ "Jailed rep expelled from House by 146-5 vote". Boston Herald. 2014.
- ^ Laidler, John (19 September 1993). "Mayoral races highlight elections across Mass. on Tuesday". Newspapers.com. Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ Laidler, John; Sullivan, Jack (22 Sep 1993). "Beverley mayor loses out, but other incumbents fare better". Newspapers.com. Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "19 cities to pare fields in Tuesday's preliminary elections". Newspapers.com. Boston Globe. 22 Sep 1991.