Alfred Peter Swineford was an American

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 Democratic politician

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 who was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1871 to 1872. In 1878 he was the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan

Lieutenant Governor of Michigan

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, finishing third behind Lysander Woodward, the National Greenback Party candidate., and the winner, Republican incumbent Alonzo Sessions

Alonzo Sessions

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. He was the mayor and newspaper editor in Marquette, Michigan

Marquette, Michigan

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President Grover Cleveland

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 appointed Swineford as Governor of the District of Alaska

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, where he served from 1885 to 1889. In 1906, he was a candidate to be the first Delegate

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 to the United States Congress

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 from the District of Alaska, losing in an election on August 14, 1906 to Democrat Frank Hinman Waskey

Frank Hinman Waskey

Frank Hinman Waskey was a delegate from the District of Alaska to the United States House of Representatives. He was born on April 20, 1875 in Lake City, Minnesota in Wabasha County. He attended the public schools of Minneapolis, moved to Alaska in February 1898, and settled in Nome. He engaged in...

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Swineford was born in Ashland, Ohio

Ashland, Ohio

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 and died at Juneau, Alaska

Juneau, Alaska

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 on October 26, 1909. He is buried in Juneau at Evergreen Cemetery

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He was married to Psyche Flower.