Charles Christian Swartz (December 1875 - July 26, 1947) was a
Democratic Connecticut State Comptroller The State Comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the State of Connecticut. The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, paying and adminis ...
from 1935 to 1939.
mayor
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of Norwalk, Connecticut, from 1933 to 1935.[
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Biography
He was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut
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, on December 5, 1875, to Christian Swartz, the 6th and 8th mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
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, and Adora Flynn Swartz.
He attended Yale University
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and graduated in 1900. He then took a single course in mining engineering
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at the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science
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.
Memberships
He was a member of the South Norwalk Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose.
References
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Connecticut Comptrollers
Connecticut Democrats
Mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut
1875 births
1947 deaths
Yale University alumni
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni