Samuel Swan

Samuel Swan (1771, near Scotch Plains, New Jersey – August 24, 1844, Bound Brook, New Jersey), was an American medical doctor who served as a five-term U.S.

After studying medicine, Swan began to practice in Bound Brook, from 1800 to 1806 and then moved to Somerville from 1806 to 1809.

He was elected to U.S. House of Representatives for the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1831.

After his congressional career, he returned to practicing medicine.

He is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Bound Brook.