Bo Sweeney Explained

Sanford Beauregard Sweeney
Birth Date:20 September 1862
Other Names:Bo Sweeney

Sanford Beauregard Sweeney (September 20, 1862 - July 16, 1917) was an assistant Secretary of the Interior from 1914 to 1917.[1]

Biography

He was born in Missouri on September 20, 1862, to Joshua Sweeney and Martha Weldon Haley. On July 1, 1897, he married Lillina Reeves. He died on July 16, 1917, in Washington, D.C., from heart problems.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sweeney of Interior Department Doesn't Even Care for "Mister" . ... the new Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Bo Sweeney of the State of Washington when he arrived here last night and ... . . June 24, 1914 . 2011-05-10 .
  2. News: Bo Sweeney Dies Suddenly. Assistant Secretary Of Interior Had Held Post Since 1914 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106172344/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1770652932.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+17,+1917&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=BO+SWEENEY+DIES+SUDDENLY&pqatl=google . dead . November 6, 2012 . Bo Sweeney Assistant Secretary of the Interior died suddenly at his home here today from angina pectoris. He had suffered with the ... . . July 17, 1917 . 2011-05-10 .