Benjamin Swan

{{short description|American politician}}

{{for|the earlier Vermont politician|Benjamin Swan (Vermont politician)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|image=1995 Benjamin Swan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

|office = Member of the
{{nowrap|Massachusetts House of Representatives}}
from the 11th Hampden district

|party = Democratic Party

|termstart = January 7, 2009

|termend = January 4, 2017

|successor = Bud Williams

|birth_place = Belzoni, Mississippi{{cite web | title = Representative Benjamin Swan, Sr. of Massachusetts | publisher = National Black Agenda Convention | url = http://www.nationalblackagenda.com/swan2.htm | access-date = 2013-08-10 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130810032710/http://www.nationalblackagenda.com/swan2.htm | archive-date = 2013-08-10 | url-status = dead }}}}

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.{{cite web | title = Benjamin Swan | publisher = Massachusetts General Court | date = 2013 | url = https://malegislature.gov/People/Profile/B_S1}}

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.{{cite web | title = Jailed rep expelled from House by 146-5 vote | publisher = Boston Herald | date = 2014 | url = http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/02/jailed_rep_expelled_from_house_by_146_5_vote}}

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{{cite web |last1=Laidler |first1=John |title=Mayoral races highlight elections across Mass. on Tuesday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/440355457 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Boston Globe |access-date=23 April 2021 |language=en | url-access=subscription |date=19 September 1993}}{{cite web |last1=Laidler |first1=John |last2=Sullivan |first2=Jack |title=Beverley mayor loses out, but other incumbents fare better |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/440415469 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Boston Globe |access-date=23 April 2021 |language=en | url-access=subscription |date=22 Sep 1993}} Swan was a black community activist, and had a career as a management and education consultant.{{cite web |title=19 cities to pare fields in Tuesday's preliminary elections |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/439647995 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Boston Globe |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=22 Sep 1991}}