Fletcher B. Swank

Fletcher B. Swank

Fletcher B. Swank (born April 24, 1875 in Bloomfield , Davis County , Iowa , † March 16, 1950 in Norman , Oklahoma ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1929 and from 1931 to 1935 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1888, Fletcher Swank and his parents moved to Beef Creek , Indian Territory . He attended a school in Noble and then studied at the University of Oklahoma at Norman. Between 1903 and 1907 he was a school councilor in Cleveland County and from 1907 to 1908 he was the private secretary of Congressman Scott Ferris . He used the time in Washington for a law degree at Georgetown University . He then studied at Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ). After his admission to the bar in 1909, Swank began working in Norman in his new profession. From 1911 to 1915 he was a district judge in Cleveland County. He was then until 1920 a judge in the 14th legal district of Oklahoma.

Swank was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced John W. Harreld on March 4, 1921 , who moved to the US Senate . It was confirmed in 1922, 1924 and 1926 respectively. In the 1928 election he was defeated by Republican Ulysses S. Stone . He had to leave the Congress on March 3, 1929 . But already in the elections of 1930 he was able to regain his seat in the House of Representatives, which he retained until January 3, 1935 after another election in 1932. For the elections in 1934 he was no longer nominated by his party.

After the end of his time in Congress, Fletcher Swank no longer held any political office. He died in March 1950 in Norman and was buried there.

Web links

• Fletcher B. Swank in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Fletcher B. Swank in the database of Find a Grave (English)