The Political Graveyard: Swett-Lantos family of New Hampshire

Swett-Lantos family of New Hampshire

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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) — also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter Lantos — of Millbrae, San Mateo County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in Budapest, Hungary, February 1, 1928. Married 1950 to Annette Tillemann; father of Katrina Lantos (who married Richard Nelson Swett). Democrat. University professor; television news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1976, 2000, 2004; U.S. Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93, 12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Mu. Arrested for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil disobedience action to protest genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. Died, of cancer of the esophagus, in Bethesda Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., February 11, 2008. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Katrina Lantos Swett — also known as Katrina Lantos — of New Hampshire. Daughter of Thomas Peter Lantos; married to Richard Nelson Swett. Democrat. Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1992. Female. Still living as of 1992.
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Richard Nelson Swett (b. 1957) — also known as Dick Swett — of Bow, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., May 1, 1957. Married to Katrina Lantos (daughter of Thomas Peter Lantos). Democrat. Architect; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1991-95; defeated, 1994; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1996; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1998-99. Mormon. Member, American Institute of Architects. Still living as of 1999.
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