Samuel Swan

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| name = Samuel Swan

| image =

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| birth_date = 1771

| birth_place = Scotch Plains, New Jersey, British America

| death_date = August 24, 1844

| death_place = Bound Brook, New Jersey, U.S.

| resting_place = Presbyterian Cemetery, Bound Brook

| party = Whig Party

| otherparty = National Republican Party, Democratic-Republican Party

| profession = Physician

| office1 = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's at-large congressional district

| term_start1 = March 4, 1821

| term_end1 = March 3, 1823

| predecessor1= John Linn

| successor1 =

| office2 = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd congressional district

| term_start2 = March 4, 1823

| term_end2 = March 3, 1825

| predecessor2=

| successor2 =

| office3 = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's at-large congressional district

| term_start3 = March 4, 1825

| term_end3 = March 3, 1831

| predecessor3=

| successor3 = Isaac Southard

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Samuel Swan (1771, near Scotch Plains, New Jersey – August 24, 1844, Bound Brook, New Jersey), was an American medical doctor who served as a five-term U.S. Congressman, serving from 1821 to 1831.

Biography

After studying medicine, Swan began to practice in Bound Brook, from 1800 to 1806 and then moved to Somerville from 1806 to 1809.

Before going to Washington, he also served as sheriff of Somerset County for two years and county clerk for 12 years.

= Congress =

He was elected to U.S. House of Representatives for the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1831.

He was an at-large representative for all but his second term, during which he represented the 2nd congressional district. He retired without seeking renomination. Although he did not formally represent a party when elected to the House, he was eventually affiliated with the Whig Party.