King Swope

King Swope ( born August 10, 1893 in Danville, Kentucky, † April 23, 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1919 and 1921 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

King Swope attended the common schools and the Centre College in Danville, which he completed in 1914. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Kentucky and his 1915 was admitted as a lawyer, he started working in Lexington in this profession. During the First World War he was a captain in an infantry unit of the United States Army.

Politically, Swope member of the Republican Party. After the death of Mr Harvey helmet he was in the overdue election for the eighth seat from Kentucky as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 1 August 1919. Since he has not been confirmed at the regular elections of 1920, he could only finish the term of his predecessor until March 3, 1921. At this time the 19th Amendment was ratified, who prescribed the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage law.

After his time in Congress Swope first practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1928 and 1931 he was regional chairman of the party of the Republicans in Fayette County. From 1931 to 1940 Swope served as a judge in the 22nd Judicial District of Kentucky. At the same time he was a member of the legal advice ( Judicial Council ) of his state. In the years 1935 and 1939, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of each Governor of Kentucky. Between 1936 and 1944 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions relevant. In 1936, he led the regional Republican convention in Kentucky.

King Swope died April 23, 1961 in Lexington, and was also buried there.