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 |
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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]
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