Arthur "Art" Morton Swann (born October 17, 1952) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the

Tennessee Senate The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee , Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any ...

, representing the 2nd district from 2017 to 2025. Prior to being appointed to the state senate to replace Doug Overbey, Swann served in the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

, representing the 8th District both Blount County and part of Sevier County in

East Tennessee East Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. Geographically and socioculturally distinct, it comprises approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee. East Tennessee consists of 33 coun ...

. Swann was one of twenty-four members of the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus who signed a letter in support of President Donald Trump's effort to contest the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. This letter signed by Swann "cites "irregularities" in Michigan, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania" despite international observers from the Organization of American States stating that OAS observers witnessed no instances of fraud or voting irregularities in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Swann is a former director of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority and was formerly elected as a Blount County Commissioner from 1978 to 1982. On January 9, 2024, Swann announced that he would retire from the Senate, and not seek re-election.

Biography

Arthur Morton Swann was born on October 17, 1952, to his mother, Sue Morton Swann, and his father Eugene Swann, and has one brother, Joseph Alexander Swann. Swann graduated from Maryville High School in

Maryville, Tennessee Maryville is a city in and the county seat of Blount County, Tennessee. Its population was 31,907 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The Great Indian Warpath (which was used to build the route U.S. Route 411, US-411) was long ...

, and later earned a Bachelor of Science in political science and history from the

University of Tennessee at Martin The University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin or UTM) is a public university in Martin, Tennessee, United States. It is one of the five campuses of the University of Tennessee system. UTM is the only public university in West Tennessee outsi ...

in 1975. Swann is married to Janet Caldwell Swann, and an

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. Swann formerly worker as the president/owner of Cherokee Lumber Company and sold real estate as an Affiliate Broker (Tennessee License ID 297722).

References

Living people 1952 births University of Tennessee at Martin alumni Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives American Episcopalians Republican Party Tennessee state senators 21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly {{Tennessee-politician-stub