William Irvin Swoope (October 3, 1862 – October 9, 1930) was a
Republican member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Swoope was born in
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
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. He attended
The Hill School in Pottstown, PA and
Phillips Academy
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in
Andover, Massachusetts
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, and graduated from the law department of
Harvard University
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in 1886. He was admitted to the bar in 1886, and practiced law in
Minnesota
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,
Nebraska
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, and
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He was elected burgess of Bellefonte. In 1892, he returned to Clearfield and continued the practice of law. He was elected county chairman and district attorney for
Clearfield County
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from 1901 to 1907. He was a delegate to the
1916 Republican National Convention
Events
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January
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. He served as deputy attorney general for Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923.
Swoope was elected as a Republican to the
sixty-eighth and
Sixty-ninth Congresses. He served as Chairman of the
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during the Sixty-ninth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
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. He resumed the practice of law in Clearfield until his death. Interment in Hillcrest Cemetery.
He was the nephew of U.S. Representative
John Patton from Pennsylvania.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1862 births
1930 deaths
Phillips Academy alumni
The Hill School alumni
Minnesota lawyers
Nebraska lawyers
Pennsylvania lawyers
Harvard Law School alumni
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
People from Clearfield, Pennsylvania
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