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Swift left his commercial enterprises in 1861 for the state senate seat that propelled him into the governorship. Later he served two more terms in the senate and was a reluctant candidate for the U.S. Senate. "I shall be ten times happier with my family in St. Peter than as
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Described by peers as gentle, self-effacing, and ambivalent toward politics, Henry Swift was
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he declared characteristically upon learning he had lost the
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1083:Republican Party Minnesota state senators
58:July 10, 1863 – January 11, 1864
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359:Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
352:are available for research use at the
240:third Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
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250:. Prior to that he had served in the
217:lawyer, businessperson, abolitionist
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236:third Governor of Minnesota
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409:Governor of Minnesota
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267:United States Senator
46:Governor of Minnesota
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228:Henry Adoniram Swift
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317:References
273:veterans.
256:Republican
232:politician
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165:1823-03-23
64:Lieutenant
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865:Burnquist
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