Claude A. Swanson

45th United States Secretary of the Navy
Claude Augustus Swanson

In office March 6, 1933 – July 7, 1939
Preceded by	Charles F. Adams III
Succeeded by	Charles Edison

Born	March 31, 1862 Swansonville, Virginia, USA
Died	July 7, 1939 (aged 77) Rapidan Camp, Virginia, USA
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Elizabeth Deane Lyons Swanson
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Teacher

Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862 – July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Virginia.

Claude A. Swanson

He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1893 until 1906, was the Governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910, and represented Virginia as a United States Senator from 1910 until 1933.

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Political offices
Preceded by Posey G. Lester	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th congressional district March 4, 1893 - January 30, 1906	Succeeded by Edward W. Saunders
Preceded by Andrew J. Montague	Governor of Virginia February 1, 1906 - February 10, 1910	Succeeded by William H. Mann
Preceded by John W. Daniel	United States Senator (Class 1) from Virginia August 1, 1910 - March 3, 1933 Served alongside: Thomas S. Martin, E. Carter Glass	Succeeded by Harry F. Byrd
Preceded by Charles F. Adams III	United States Secretary of the Navy March 6, 1933 - July 7, 1939	Succeeded by Frank Knox

v • d • e Governors of Virginia

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v • d • e United States Senators from Virginia

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v • d • e United States Secretaries of the Navy

Cabinet Level	Stoddert • Smith • Hamilton • Jones • Crowninshield • S Thompson • Southard • Branch • Woodbury • Dickerson • Paulding • Badger • Upshur • Henshaw • Gilmer • Mason • Bancroft • Mason • Preston • Graham • Kennedy • Dobbin • Toucey • Welles • Borie • Robeson • R Thompson • Goff • Hunt • Chandler • Whitney • Tracy • Herbert • Long • Moody • Morton • Bonaparte • Metcalf • Newberry • Meyer • Daniels • Denby • Wilbur • Adams • Swanson • Knox • Forrestal

Dept. of Defense	Sullivan • Matthews • Kimball • Anderson • Thomas • Gates • Franke • Connally • Korth • Nitze • Ignatius • Chafee • Warner • Middendorf • Claytor • Hidalgo • Lehman • Webb • Ball • Garrett • O'Keefe • Dalton • Danzig • England • Winter

v • d • e Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Vice President	John Nance Garner (1933-1941) • Henry A. Wallace (1941-1945) • Harry S. Truman (1945)

Secretary of State	Cordell Hull (1933-1944) • Edward Stettinius, Jr. (1944-1945)

Secretary of War	George Dern (1933-1936) • Harry Hines Woodring (1936-1940) • Henry L. Stimson (1940-1945)

Secretary of the Treasury	William Hartman Woodin (1933-1934) • Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1934-1945)

Attorney General	Homer Stille Cummings (1933-1939) • Frank Murphy (1939-1940) • Robert H. Jackson (1940-1941) • Francis Biddle (1941-1945)

Postmaster General	James Farley (1933-1940) • Frank Comerford Walker (1940-1945)

Secretary of the Navy	Claude A. Swanson (1933-1939) • Charles Edison (1940) • Frank Knox (1940-1944) • James Forrestal (1944-1945)

Secretary of the Interior	Harold L. Ickes (1933-1945)

Secretary of the Agriculture	Henry A. Wallace (1933-1940) • Claude R. Wickard (1940-1945)

Secretary of Commerce	Daniel Calhoun Roper (1933-1938) • Harry Hopkins (1939-1940) • Jesse Holman Jones (1940-1945) • Henry A. Wallace (1945)

Secretary of Labor	Frances Perkins (1933-1945)