Benjamin Swan

Benjamin Swan
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

Benjamin Swan is a former American state legislator who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and represented the 11th Hampden District from 2009 to 2016.^[2]

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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