Alfred Peter Swineford was an American Democratic politician who was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1871 to 1872. In 1878 he was a candidate in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, losing to Lysander Woodward, who went on to lose in the general election to the Republican incumbent Alonzo Sessions. He was a newspaper editor in Marquette, Michigan.

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  • Alfred Peter Swineford was an American Democratic politician who was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1871 to 1872. In 1878 he was a candidate in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, losing to Lysander Woodward, who went on to lose in the general election to the Republican incumbent Alonzo Sessions. He was a newspaper editor in Marquette, Michigan. President Grover Cleveland appointed Swineford as Governor of the District of Alaska, where he served from 1885 to 1889. In 1906, he was a candidate to be the first Delegate to the United States Congress from the District of Alaska, losing in an election on August 14 1906 to Democrat Frank Hinman Waskey. Swineford was born in Ashland, Ohio and died at Juneau, Alaska on October 26, 1909. He is buried in Juneau at Evergreen Cemetery. He was married to Psyche Flower.
  • Alfred Peter Swineford war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei. Swineford war 1871 bis 1872 Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus von Michigan. 1878 bewarb er sich in Michigan um das Amt des Vizegouverneurs, verlor aber in der Primary seiner Partei gegen Lysander Woodward, der dann wiederum bei der eigentlichen Wahl den republikanischen Amtsinhaber Alonzo Sessions nicht besiegen konnte. Zwischen 1885 und 1889 amtierte Swineford dann nach der Ernennung durch US-Präsident Grover Cleveland als Gouverneur des District of Alaska. Als 1906 erstmals ein Delegierter gewählt wurde, um das Territorium im Kongress zu vertreten, kandidierte er, unterlag aber mit Frank Hinman Waskey einem weiteren Demokraten.
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  • 1885–1889
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  • Alfred Peter Swineford was an American Democratic politician who was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1871 to 1872. In 1878 he was a candidate in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, losing to Lysander Woodward, who went on to lose in the general election to the Republican incumbent Alonzo Sessions. He was a newspaper editor in Marquette, Michigan.
  • Alfred Peter Swineford war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei. Swineford war 1871 bis 1872 Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus von Michigan. 1878 bewarb er sich in Michigan um das Amt des Vizegouverneurs, verlor aber in der Primary seiner Partei gegen Lysander Woodward, der dann wiederum bei der eigentlichen Wahl den republikanischen Amtsinhaber Alonzo Sessions nicht besiegen konnte.
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  • Alfred P. Swineford
  • Alfred P. Swineford
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