Thomas Van Swearingen
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Thomas Van Swearingen was a U.S. Representative
from Virginia
.
Born near Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), Van Swearingen attended the common schools.
He served as member of the State house of delegates 1814-1816.
Van Swearingen was elected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1819, until his death in Shepherdstown, Virginia, August 19, 1822.
He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.
He was the third cousin of U.S Representative Henry D. Swearingen of Ohio
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from Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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Born near Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), Van Swearingen attended the common schools.
He served as member of the State house of delegates 1814-1816.
Van Swearingen was elected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1819, until his death in Shepherdstown, Virginia, August 19, 1822.
He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.
He was the third cousin of U.S Representative Henry D. Swearingen of Ohio