James Swift may refer to:
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James Swift (trade unionist)
James Swift (1841 or 1842 – March 1904) was a British trade unionist.
Swift was elected as general secretary of the Steam Engine Makers' Society in 1874. The craft union he headed, though fairly small, was one of the longest-established tra ...
(1841/42–1904), British trade unionist
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James Swift (British Army officer), British Major-General
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James M. Swift (lawyer) (1873–1946), Attorney General of Massachusetts
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James M. Swift (American football)
James M. Swift was an American college football coach. He was the first head football coach at Michigan State Normal School—now known as Eastern Michigan University—and is credited for introducing the sport of American football to the school.
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(fl. 1891), American football coach
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