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.
Later career After his congressional career, he returned to practicing medicine.
Death and burial He is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Bound Brook. ==External links==