Editing Jane Swift (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jane Swift
| image               = Jane Swift 2001 (2).jpeg
| caption = Swift in 2001
| office              = Acting [[Governor of Massachusetts]]
| term_start          = April 10, 2001
| term_end            = January 2, 2003
| predecessor         = [[Paul Cellucci]]
| successor           = [[Mitt Romney]]
| office1             = 69th [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]
| governor1           = Paul Cellucci
| term_start1         = January 7, 1999
| term_end1           = January 2, 2003
| predecessor1        = Paul Cellucci
| successor1          = [[Kerry Healey]]
| office2             = Secretary of Consumer Affairs of Massachusetts
| governor2           = Paul Cellucci
| term_start2         = July 29, 1997
| term_end2           = February 5, 1998
| predecessor2        = Michael T. Duffy
| successor2          = [[Daniel Grabauskas]]
| state_senate3       = Massachusetts
| district3           = [[Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district|Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin]]
| term_start3         = January 3, 1991
| term_end3           = January 3, 1997
| predecessor3        = Peter C. Webber
| successor3          = [[Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.|Andrea Nuciforo]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1965|2|24}}
| birth_place         = [[North Adams, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Chuck Hunt]]|1994|2021|end=d}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Bryan |last=Marquard |title=Chuck Hunt, the state's first 'first husband,' remembered for his 'kindness toward the least powerful' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/22/metro/chuck-hunt-who-had-kindness-toward-least-powerful-dies-67/ |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref>
| children            = 3
| education           = [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| birth_name          = Jane Maria Swift
}}
'''Jane Maria Swift''' (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th [[lieutenant governor of Massachusetts]] from 1999 to 2003 and, concurrently, as acting [[Governor of Massachusetts|governor]] from April 2001 to January 2003.{{NoteTag|The [[Massachusetts Constitution]] does not use the term "acting governor", but the practice in Massachusetts has been that the lieutenant governor retains his or her position and title as "lieutenant governor" and becomes acting governor, not governor. The lieutenant governor, when acting as governor, is referred to as "the lieutenant-governor, acting governor" in some official documents, but in everyday use may be referred to as simply "the governor," and ceremonially as "Her Excellency."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/11/12/jane-swift-massachusetts-governor-2020|title=Deval Patrick's potential presidential run could make Jane Swift an outlier {{!}} Boston.com|website=www.boston.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>|name=Acting}} She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor, Swift was 36 years old, making her the youngest female governor in U.S. history.<ref name=newsbank>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=print|work=[[Boston Globe]]|title=Swift's Unusual Ride to the Governor's Office|date=April 8, 2001|access-date=2008-10-03}}</ref>