James D. Swan
James D. Swan was a vegetable farmer from Walworth County, Wisconsin who served two terms as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate.Background
Swan was born in Neosho Falls, Kansas on February 20, 1903. He graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Princeton University in 1925. He became a farmer, and served as President of the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association and of the Vegetable Growers Association of America.Public office
Swan had served as a member of his local school board and from 1937-52 of his county drainage board. He was first elected to the senate in an October 1967 special election to replace fellow Republican George M. Borg, and was reelected in 1970. In 1974, he was defeated for re-election by Democrat Timothy Cullen.Death
Swan died June 25, 1977 in Madison.
