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John Swett
John Swett (July 31, 1830-August 22, 1913) is considered to be the "Father of the California public school" system and the "Horace Mann of the Pacific".〔(Sierra Club, John Swett page )〕〔(JoinCalifornia, Election History of the State of California, John Swett page )〕
==Biography==
John Swett was an only child born July 31, 1830 in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, to Lucretia (born French) Swett and Eben Swett, who were Congregationalists.〔(First Congregational Church of Pittsfield, HANNAH (LANE) FRENCH 1772-1854, Biographical research and written profiles by Larry Berkson, Historian, Pittsfield Historical Society )〕 He died August 22, 1913 in Alhambra Valley, near Martinez, California. He married Mary Louise (Tracy) Swett on May 8, 1862 in Sonoma, and they had 8 children.〔(From Rootsweb.com/Ancestry.com Mary Louisa TRACY SWETT and John Swett )〕 During his life he was a close friend of Sierra Club co-founder John Muir.〔(Sierra Club, John Swett page )〕 Swett arrived in California in 1853 to mine gold but quickly sought work as a teacher in San Francisco.〔(Martinez Historical Society, John Swett )〕 In 1862 he became a Freemason, joining San Francisco's Phoenix Lodge No. 144.〔(Phoenix Lodge #144, Our History )〕〔(FAMOUS FREEMASONS By WILLIAM R. DENSLOW Volume IV Q – Z )〕〔(The Quest for Masonic Light, HOW FREEMASONRY CAME TO CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII )〕
In 1863 he was instrumental in founding the California Educational Society, which would become the California Teachers Association, the largest teachers' union in the state of California. Running in 1863, during the Civil War, as a National Union Party (Republican) candidate he was elected California State Superintendent of Public Instruction and served until 1867.〔(California Dept. of Education, Historic Documents, History of Education, Part C - Historical Documents, THE “DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION” BEFORE 1921 )〕〔Public education in California: its origin and development by John Swett. My Final Biennial Report. pg 196〕 Other positions he held were Deputy Superintendent of the San Francisco Public Schools (1870–1873), Principal of the Denman School (1873–1876) and the Girls' High School (1876–1889), and Superintendent of the San Francisco Public Schools (1890–1895).〔(JoinCalifornia, Election History of the State of California, John Swett page )〕 In 1895 he retired to his estate, Hill Girt Ranch.〔(Martinez Historical Society, John Swett )〕
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