Benjamin Swift (April 9, 1780 – November 11, 1847) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from Vermont.

He was then elected to serve Vermont as a National Republican Party candidate in the United States House of Representatives.

[6] While in the Senate, Swift was a strong opponent of President Andrew Jackson and helped found the Whig Party.

[2] Swift was not renominated for a second term in the Senate and returned to St. Albans where he continued to work as a lawyer and farmer until his death.

He died on November 11, 1847, in St. Albans, Vermont[4] and is interred in Greenwood Cemetery in St.