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About Thomas Swann
Thomas Swann was an American lawyer and politician who also was president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, Swann served as the 19th mayor of Baltimore (1856–1860), later as the 33rd governor of Maryland (1866–1869), and subsequently as the U.S. representative from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and then 4th congressional district (1869–1879), representing the Baltimore area.
Everything about Thomas Swann →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- United States representative, Governor of Maryland, United States representative, Mayor of Baltimore
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 3, 1809
- Died
- July 24, 1883