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2 unusual facts about Innis P. Swift


Evan Harris Humphrey

Humphrey would marry Clara Swift, daughter of Major General Eben Swift and sister of Major General Innis P. Swift.

Innis N. Palmer

His son in law was Major General Eben Swift who at one time commanded the 5th Cavalry and his grandson and namesake was Major General Innis Palmer Swift, who commanded the 1st Cavalry Division and I Corps in the South Pacific in World War II.


Andrea Cabral

In 2002, after the Stern Commission, headed by Donald K. Stern, called for reform in the Sheriff’s Department, she was appointed sheriff by Governor Jane Swift.

Frank Coombs

On the death of John F. Swift, he was appointed United States Minister to Japan and served from June 1892 to August 1893.

Granville P. Swift

Swift returned to prospecting, this time for quicksilver in the mountains between Berryessa Valley and Knoxville, but on April 21, 1875, he was riding on a mule and suffered a fatal fall from a steep mountain path.

John E. Swift

In 1950, after a Special Audience with Pope Pius XII, Swift instituted a fund for the purchase and construction of the last playground in Rome.

John Swift

John E. Swift, American judge and the ninth Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

Morrison I. Swift

Morrison I. Swift retired to Newton Centre, Massachusetts where he boarded in the home of a music teacher and author.

Swift briefly assumed the presidency of Hobart College where he built up the college’s library and gained a reputation for assigning post-graduate level work to undergraduates.

In 1911 he submitted bills to the General Court of Massachusetts on subjects as varied as the control of pine forests and regulation of prostitution.

Oscar W. Swift

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.


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