Samuel Franklin Swope (March 1, 1809 – April 19, 1865) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from

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. Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Swope attended the rural schools in

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and Scott Counties and Georgetown College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar on March 1, 1830, commencing practice in Georgetown, Kentucky. He moved to

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in 1832 and continued practicing law. He was a member of the

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from 1837 to 1839 and again in 1841 and served in the

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from 1844 to 1848. Swope was elected an American "Know Nothing" to the

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in 1854, serving from 1855 to 1857. He resumed practicing law in

until his death on April 19, 1865. He was interred there in Riverside Cemetery.

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