- King Swope
King Swope (
August 10 ,1893 -April 23 ,1961 ) was aUnited States Representative fromKentucky . He was born inDanville, Kentucky . He attended the common schools and was graduated fromCentre College , Danville, Kentucky in 1914 and from the law department of theUniversity of Kentucky at Lexington in 1916. He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice inLexington, Kentucky .Swope enlisted and served during the
First World War as captain of Infantry. He was elected as a Republican to theSixty-sixth Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofHarvey Helm (August 1, 1919-March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to theSixty-seventh Congress in 1920.Swope was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of
colonel on the staff of Gov.Edwin P. Morrow in 1919 before resuming the practice of law. He was the chairman of the Republican executive committee ofFayette County, Kentucky 1928-1931 and was appointed and subsequently elected a judge of the circuit court of the twenty-second judicial district of Kentucky and served from 1931 to 1940. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee forGovernor of Kentucky in 1935 and 1939. He was a delegate to theRepublican National Convention s in 1936, 1940, and 1944 and chairman of the Republican State convention in 1936. He was also a member of the judicial council of Kentucky 1931-1940. He died in Lexington, Kentucky in 1961 and was buried atLexington Cemetery .References
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