John J. McSwain

John J. McSwain (about 1922)

John Jackson McSwain (born May 1, 1875 in Cross Hill , Laurens County , South Carolina , †  August 6, 1936 in Columbia , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1936 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John McSwain was born on a farm near Cross Hill. He attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1893 the Wofford College . He then studied until 1897 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. In the following years McSwain worked as a teacher in several cities in South Carolina. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1901, he began to practice in Greenville in his new profession. Between 1912 and 1917, McSwain also worked as a bankruptcy administrator. Between 1917 and 1919 he was during the First World War captain in an infantry unit of the US Army . After the war he continued his legal practice.

McSwain was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Samuel J. Nicholls on March 4, 1921 . After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 6, 1936 . During this time, the Great Depression fell , which the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt had been fighting through the New Deal since 1933 . In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were also passed in Congress. Between 1931 and 1936, McSwain was chairman of the military committee. For the elections of 1936 he had already declared that he would not stand again. He died before the election date and was buried in Greenville.

Web links

• John J. McSwain in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John J. McSwain in the database of Find a Grave (English)