Claude A. Swanson

Claude Swanson
45th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office March 5, 1933 – July 7, 1939
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Charles Adams
Succeeded by	Charles Edison
United States Senator from Virginia
In office August 1, 1910 – March 4, 1933
Preceded by	John W. Daniel
Succeeded by	Harry F. Byrd
45th Governor of Virginia
In office February 1, 1906 – February 10, 1910
Lieutenant	James Taylor Ellyson
Preceded by	Andrew Montague
Succeeded by	William Hodges Mann
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th district
In office March 4, 1893 – January 30, 1906
Preceded by	Posey G. Lester
Succeeded by	Edward W. Saunders
Personal details
Born	Claude Augustus Swanson (1862-03-31)March 31, 1862 Swansonville, Virginia, C.S.
Died	July 7, 1939(1939-07-07) (aged 77) Rapidan Camp, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Deane Lyons Lulie Lyons Hall
Education	Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Randolph-Macon College (BA) University of Virginia, Charlottesville (LLB)

Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862 – July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893–1906), Governor of Virginia (1906–1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910–1933), before becoming U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 until his death.^[1] Swanson and fellow U.S. Senator Thomas Staples Martin led a Democratic political machine in Virginia for decades in the late 19th and early 20th century, which later became known as the Byrd Organization for Swanson's successor as U.S. Senator, Harry Flood Byrd.^[2]