Lee Swinton

Lee Vertis Swinton (August 9, 1922 - July 9, 1994)[1] was an American politician who became the first African-American to serve in the Missouri Senate from the Kansas City area. He was a Democrat.[2] He was a former Kansas City NAACP president.[3]

Lee Swinton
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the district

Sources
  1. "Candidate Details". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  2. "Missouri State Archives Finding Aid 552.17: Legislator Papers Mary L. Gant, 1967-1981" (PDF). sos.mo.gov. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  3. Simeon Booker (Nov 13, 1980). Ticker Tape U.S.A. Jet magazine.


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