Phil Swing

Philip David " Phil" Swing ( born November 30, 1884 in San Bernardino, California; † August 8, 1963 in San Diego, California ) was an American politician. Between 1921 and 1933 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Phil Swing attended the common schools and then studied until 1905 at Stanford University. Between 1906 and 1908 he was a lieutenant in the California National Guard. After studying law and his 1907 was admitted to the bar he began in San Bernardino to work in this profession. In the years 1908 and 1909 he was a legal representative of the city Brawley. Between 1908 and 1915 he served first as deputy and then as a regular attorney in Imperial County. After that, he was until 1919 an advisor to the local irrigation district (Imperial Irrigation District ). This period was interrupted by his stay in a military training camp in Kentucky in 1918. In the years 1919-1921 Swing served as Judge of the Superior Court in Imperial County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1920 and 1932 he was a delegate to the regional party days of the Republicans in Sacramento. In 1926, he led this event.

In the congressional elections of 1920, Swing was in the eleventh electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Kettner on March 4, 1921. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1933 six legislative periods. From 1925 to 1927 he was chairman of the committee to monitor the expenditure of the Post Ministry. In 1932, Phil Swing renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1945 and 1958 he was a member of the California Water Commission. He died on August 8, 1963 in San Diego.