Talk:George T. Swann

Politics?

I just randomly stumbled upon this person listed as "G.T. Swan" on the presidents of the state senate list at Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and decided to see if I could figure out who he was. Having done that and started this article, I am not really sure what his politics were. But since President Johnson appointed him a judge during Reconstruction, I am guessing his sympathies laid more toward the Union than the South? Which may be why it was hard to track down anything about him? I am not a U.S. Civil War buff, but I've long sort of thought that Southerners that had any northern sympathies (and by this i mean not 100% pro-racism and slavery, that's my personal opinion) have gotten far less attention over time, just like Robert E. Lee got exalted and Grant lambasted over time. The fact is, tons of Southerners didn't want the Civil War to happen and didn't see it as any baloney noble cause. Swann's 1877 obit in the Jackson Daily Times is interesting in having some text about how he had strong opinions but doesn't say what they were: "However you might be disposed to differ from him in regard to his opinions which were decided and outspoken (indeed one might say far too much so for his own peace and popularity) for he made no concealment of what he thought about law politics religion or any other subject which was a matter of interest to him but when you come to scrutinize his official character and the ability and the laborious faithfulness with which he discharged the duties of the trust imposed on him predjudice itself cannot point its finger to any blot of dishonesty in his whole official' record."--Milowent • ^hasspoken 16:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)