Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Richard "Dick" Swett (born May 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Swett was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and moved to New Hampshire with his family as a child. He attended Yale University and became an architect - working in Skidmore Owings and Merrill''s San Francisco office. Swett became active in the Democratic Party and eventually began a political career. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1990 from the second district of New Hampshire. He was re-elected in 1992 but lost his re-election bid in 1994 to Republican Charles Bass. Swett was the last Democrat to represent New Hampshire in U.S. Congress until 2007. Swett is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon Church. In 1980 he married Katrina Lantos, daughter of Congressman Tom Lantos.