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| David Lowry Swain (January 4, 1801 – August 27, 1868) was the 26th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 1832 to 1835. | |
| David Lowry Swain (January 4, 1801 – August 27, 1868) was the 26th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 1832 to 1835. |
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- David Lowry Swain (January 4, – August 27, ) was the 26th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from to He was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina; his father, George Swain, was a farmer and a member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
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David Lowry Swain (1801 – 1868)
The twenty-sixth governor of North Carolina from 1832-1835, David Lowry Swain was born in Buncombe County and later went on to be the third president of the University of North Carolina.
David Lowry Swain was born on January 4, 1801, to Carolina and George Swain, a Massachusetts native who had served in the 1795 Constitutional Convention. David Swain was the youngest of seven children and attended Newton Academy in Asheville. In 1822, Swain was admitted and briefly considered attending the University of North Carolina but instead moved to Raleigh and studied law under Chief Justice John Louis Taylor. In 1823, Swain was admitted to the bar and returned to Asheville to practice law. He married the granddaughter of Richard Caswell, Eleanor White, and together they had five children.
In 1824, Swain was unanimously elected by the people of Buncombe to represent them in the N.C. House of Representatives. Swain served for five terms and became known a
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- David Lowry Swain (4 Jan. 1801-29 Aug. 1868), lawyer, governor, and educator, was born in the Beaverdam area near Asheville in Buncombe County.His father was George Swain, a Massachusetts native who settled in the Georgia frontier, married, and served in the legislature and the constitutional convention of 1795 before moving to the North Carolina mountains for his health.
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- David Lowry Swain was born on January 4, , to Carolina and George Swain, a Massachusetts native who had served in the Constitutional Convention.