Swansea, Bristol Co., MA, Deputies & Representatives
Extracted from History of Swansea, Massachusetts
1667 - 1917
Compiled & Edited by Otis Olney Wright
Published by the Town, 1917
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Deputies and Representatives, from 1670 to 1899 have been as follows:

1670	John ALLEN
1671-72	James BROWN
1674-75	Hugh COLE
1677-79	Samuel LUTHER
1680	Hugh COLE
1681-82	Obadiah BROWN
1683-86	Hugh COLE
1689	Lieut. Timothy BROOKS & William HOWARD
1691	Capt. John BROWN
1692	"Representatives to a great and general court or assembly to be held at ye town-house in Boston;" Capt. John BROWN & Samuel NEWMAN
1693	Ebenezer BRENTON
1697	Ensign Joseph KENT
1698-1705	Ephraim PIERCE
1706	Hezekiah LUTHER
1707-8	Joseph MASON
1709-10	Epharim PIERCE
1711-12	John THOMAS
1716-18	John ROGERS Esq.
1720	Joseph MASON, Jr., & William SALISBURY
1724	Captain John BROWN
1726-27	Eph PIERCE
1728	Hugh COLE
1730-33	Joseph MASON, Jr.
1736	Justice BRANDFORD, Esq.
1739	William ANTHONY
1741	Mr. Ezek. BROWN
1743	Perez BRANDFORD, Esq.
1744	"Voted not to have a Representative"
1745	Ezek. BROWN
1746	Mr. Caleb LUTHER
1747-50	Mr. Ezek. BROWN
1751-52	William SLADE
1754	John ANTHONY
1756	William SLADE
1757-58	John ANTHONY
1759-74	Jeruthamel BOWERS
1775	"Jeruthamel BOWERS & Philip SLEAD to represent the Town in the Provincial Congress and that these two persons have no more than the wages of one;"
1777	Col. Andrew COLE & Mr. Philip SLEAD
1778	Col. Edward ANTHONY
1779	Philip SLEAD & Israel BARNEY; "Israel BARNEY, delegate to the Convention at Concord in October;" "Capt. Philip SLEAD & Mr. John MASON delegates to represent the town at Cambridge in forming a new constitution."
1780-1783	Jurathamel BOWERS, "John RICHMOND to go to Boston the first Wednesday of June."
1781-82	Voted not to send a Representative
1784	Simeon POTTER
1785-86	Christopher MASON
1787	Christopher MASON & James LUTHER
1789-1803	Christopher MASON
1806-7	Daniel HALE
1809-10	Daniel HALE & Edward MASON
1811-12	Daniel HALE & Benanuel MARVEL
1813-19	Daniel HALE
1820	Dr. John WINSLOW
1821-22	John MASON
1823-25	Benjamin MARVEL
1826	Benjamin TAYLOR
1827	Daniel HALE & John BUFFINGTON; "Voted that D. HALE be instructed to attend the Legislature, and if in his opinion it is necessary for John BUFFINGTON to attend, he must write or send to him, and he is instructed to attend if called for."
1828	John MASON & John BUFFINGTON
1829 (May)	"Voted to exonerate John MASON from paying into the Treasury the sum generally expended in treating the inhabitants of the town at a choice of representatives, which he agreed to at his election in 1828."
1829	Luther BAKER & Benjam MASON; "Voted, That the Reps be instructed to oppose all R.R. constructed at the expense of the State."
1830	L. BAKER & B. MASON
1831	John EARL & B. MASON
1832	Menanuel MARVEL
1833	B. MARVEL & John EARL
1834	James CORNELL
1835	J. CORNELL & George AUSTIN
1836-37	George MASON
1838-39	Artemas STEBBINS
1840	Jonathan R. BROWN
1841-42	Stephen BUFFINGTON
1843	James CORNELL
1844-45	Philip M. MARVEL
1848-49	Ezra P. SHORT
1850	William T. CHASE
1851	Daniel EDSON
1852	No Choice
1853	Horatio PECK
1854	Allen MASON
1855	Benjamin S. EARL
1856	Voted not to send a representative

Representatives, from the District of which Swansea was a part, residents of this town:

1859	Edward F. GARDNER
1862	William H. PEARSE
1865	Ezra P. SHORT
1868	Rufus SLADE
1871	Job GARDNER
1874	Nathan M. WOOD
1878	James E. ESTABROOKS
1882	James H. MASON
1886	Mason BARNEY
1890	Daniel R. CHILD
1894	Henry O. WOOD
1899	Edward M. THURSTON