William Irvin Swoope was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Swoope was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania

Clearfield, Pennsylvania

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. He attended The Hill School

The Hill School

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 in Pottstown, PA and Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy

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 in Andover, Massachusetts

Andover, Massachusetts

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, and graduated from the law department of Harvard University

Harvard University

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 in 1886. He was admitted to the bar in 1886, and practiced law in Minnesota

Minnesota

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, Nebraska

Nebraska

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, and Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

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. He was elected burgess of Bellefonte. In 1892, he returned to Clearfield and continued the practice of law. He was elected county chairman and district attorney for Clearfield County

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

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 from 1901 to 1907. He was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention

1916 Republican National Convention

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. He served as deputy attorney general for Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923.

Swoope was elected as a Republican to the sixty-eighth

68th United States Congress

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 and Sixty-ninth

69th United States Congress

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 Congresses. He served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions

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 during the Sixty-ninth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1926

United States House election, 1926

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. He resumed the practice of law in Clearfield until his death. Interment in Hillcrest Cemetery.

He was the nephew of U.S. Representative John Patton

John Patton (1823-1897)

John Patton was a U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He was the father of Charles Emory Patton, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania , and John Patton Jr., a U.S. Senator from Michigan , and the uncle of William Irvin Swoope, also a U.S...

 from Pennsylvania.

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