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'''Fay Carpenter Swain''' (born around 1916 in [[Clark County, Illinois]])<ref name=":0" /> was a candidate in the [[1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].

She lived in [[Greenhills, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Pittsburgh Press |publisher=The Pittsburgh Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1tUiAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Fay+Carpenter+Swain&article_id=3043,1932696&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid2tb5xJ2FAxUIJNAFHYCACWs4FBDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=Fay%20Carpenter%20Swain&f=false |language=en}}</ref> She self-identified as being of [[Cherokee descent]].

She received 7,140 votes in Indiana. She was against [[capital punishment]] and the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Telegraph |publisher=The Telegraph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrkrAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=Fay+Carpenter+Swain&article_id=3231,2894455&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLmKuRwp2FAxV2nokEHUo-BMkQ6AF6BAgDEAI#v=onepage&q=Fay%20Carpenter%20Swain&f=false |language=en}}</ref>

Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a [[World War I]] veteran.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title="Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/510367257/?terms=Fay%20Carpenter%20Swain&match=1 |publisher=Boswell News |date=Jan 23, 1964 |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:20th-century American women politicians]]

[[Category:Candidates in the 1964 United States presidential election]]

[[Category:American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent]]

[[Category:People from Hamilton County, Ohio]]

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