| 词条 | Monroe Swan |
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| name = Monroe Swan | image name = | caption = | order = | office = Member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 6th District | term_start = 1973 | term_end = 1981 | predecessor = Mark Lipscomb, Jr. | successor = Gary George | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|6|2}} | birth_place = Belzoni, Mississippi | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children= married to JoeAnn Swan, 4 children | religion = | alma_mater = | website= }} Monroe Swan (June 2, 1937) is a Wisconsin politician who served several terms in the Wisconsin State Senate until being convicted of election fraud and removed from office. BackgroundBorn in Belzoni, Mississippi, Swan was an employment counselor and community activist. In 1964, he received his associate degree from Milwaukee Area Technical College and then his bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1967.[1] Senate serviceIn 1972, Swan was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin after unseating incumbent Mark Lipscomb, Jr. in a racially charged 6th District Democratic primary election.[2] Lipscomb (who was running unsuccessfully for Milwaukee city attorney) had actively lobbied to make sure that the revised 6th District was one which reflected the increased number of African-Americans in Milwaukee County. In the wake of the decennial legislative redistricting, the district had a very different composition.[3] Lipscomb (who had said the 60%-black district deserved a black senator "but not yet, because I'm running") lost the Democratic nomination to Swan, who mustered a plurality in a three-way race, with 3256 votes for Swan, 2729 for Lipscomb, and 987 for Roger Hansen.[4][5] Lipscomb unsuccessfully challenged the primary results, alleging fraud, including assertions that Hansen (a white bakery employee) was a fraudulent candidate recruited and supported by the Swan campaign to dilute the white vote in the race in return for money or a job.[6][7] In the subsequent general election, he had no trouble winning. Swan served from 1973 until his removal from office because of his felony conviction of illegally using federally funded CETA money for his campaign for the nomination for Lieutenant Governor.[8] Notes1. ^Wisconsin Historical Society-Monroe Swan {{DEFAULTSORT:Swan, Monroe}}2. ^Wisconsin Historical Society-Monroe Swan 3. ^Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. The State of Wisconsin Blue Book, 1970 Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1970; p. 120 (map of old district) 4. ^Morrison, Walter W. "Defeat of Lipscomb Shows Blacks' Political Know-How" Milwaukee Journal September 13, 1972; pt. 2, pp. 1, 4 5. ^Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. The State of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1973; pp. 32, 250-251, 802 6. ^"Lipscomb Seeks New Primary Vote" Milwaukee Sentinel October 3, 1972; pt. 1, p. 4, cols. 1-3 7. ^"Lipscomb Told To Verify Charges Against Swan" Milwaukee Journal January 5, 1973; p. 22, cols. 1-3 8. ^Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. Wisconsin Legislators Charged with Crimes and Violations of Ethics and Campaign Finance Laws, 1939-2010, Informational Memorandum 09-2, December 2010, p. 4. 9 : 1937 births|Living people|People from Belzoni, Mississippi|Politicians from Milwaukee|Milwaukee Area Technical College alumni|University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni|Wisconsin Democrats|Wisconsin state senators|Wisconsin politicians convicted of crimes |
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