district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name
19th samuel stokely 1849 at sea virginia panhandle democratic march 4 , 1841 daniel kilgore about 1792 december 3 , 1838 henryswearingen1792.jpg henry swearingen
 ohio henry swearingen
henry swearingen

henry swearingen -lrb- c. 1792 -- 1849 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in the panhandle of virginia , swearingen moved to ohio and settled near steubenville .
he served as sheriff of jefferson county , ohio during 1824 -- 1828 and 1830 -- 1832 .
swearingen was elected as a democrat to the twenty-fifth congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of daniel kilgore .
he was reelected to the twenty-sixth congress and served from december 3 , 1838 , to march 4 , 1841 .
he died on board ship while en route to his home from the state of california and was buried at sea .
