Benjamin Swan
American politician
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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]
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 |
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| Party | Democratic Party |
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]
