Henry Swearingen
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Henry Swearingen
|image=HenrySwearingen1792.JPG
|state=Ohio
|district=19th
|term_start=December 3, 1838
|term_end=March 4, 1841
|preceded=Daniel Kilgore
|succeeded=Samuel Stokely
|party=Democratic
|birth_date=ca. {{birth date text|1792}}
|birth_place=Northern Panhandle of Virginia
(now West Virginia)
|death_date={{death year and age|1849|1792}}
|death_place=At sea
|resting_place=Buried at sea
}}Henry Swearingen (ca. 1792–1849) was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1838 to 1841.
Biography
Born in the Northern Panhandle of Virginia (now West Virginia), Swearingen moved to Ohio and settled near Steubenville. He served as Sheriff of Jefferson County, Ohio during 1824–1828 and 1830–1832.
= Congress =
Swearingen was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Kilgore.
He was reelected to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from December 3, 1838, to March 4, 1841.
= Death and burial =
He died on board ship while en route to his home from the State of California and was buried at sea.
Sources
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Category:Politicians from Steubenville, Ohio
Category:People who died at sea
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Category:People from West Virginia
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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