John Swainson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Swainson

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1925

Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 13-May-1994

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John Burley Swainson (July 31, 1925 – May 13, 1994) was a Canadian-American politician and jurist from the U.S.
state of Michigan and the 42nd Governor of Michigan. Swainson was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
He moved to Port Huron, Michigan, at the age of two, with his family. His father, John A.
C.
Swainson, of Port Huron, was a Democratic presidential elector for Michigan in 1964 and an alternate Michigan delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention.He was captain of his high school football team and an Eagle Scout.Swainson served in the United States Army during World War II with the 95th Infantry Division and lost both legs by amputation following a landmine explosion November 15, 1944, near Metz, Alsace-Lorraine.
He was awarded France's Croix de Guerre, the Presidential Unit Citation with two battle stars, and the Purple Heart, all before his twentieth birthday.
After months of convalescence and rehabilitation at the Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek, Swainson learned to walk upright and unassisted. Swainson received a B.A.
from Olivet College, where he also met and married his wife, Alice Nielson.
She accompanied him to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a law degree in 1951.
While there, he was elected student president of the law school.