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  Swope, King
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NameKing Swope
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Lexington, Kentucky , United States
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Born August 10, 1893
DiedApril 23, 1961 (67 years)
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Mar 24, 2013 01:58pm
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Infoborn in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., August 10, 1893; attended the common schools; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1914 and from the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1916; was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Lexington, Ky.; enlisted and served during the First World War as captain of Infantry; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harvey Helm (August 1, 1919-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-seventh Congress in 1920; appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staff of Gov. Edwin P. Morrow in 1919; resumed the practice of law; chairman of the Republican executive committee of Fayette County, Ky., 1928-1931; appointed and subsequently elected a judge of the circuit court of the twenty-second judicial district of Kentucky and served from 1931 to 1940; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor in 1935 and 1939; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1936, 1940, and 1944; chairman of the Republican State convention in 1936; member of the judicial council of Kentucky 1931-1940; died in Lexington, Ky., April 23, 1961; interment in Lexington Cemetery.



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  11/07/1939 KY Governor Lost 43.49% (-13.01%)
  08/05/1939 KY Governor - R Primary Won 59.46% (+23.53%)
  11/05/1935 KY Governor Lost 45.14% (-9.32%)
  11/02/1920 KY District 8 Lost 48.01% (-3.97%)
  08/01/1919 KY District 8 - Special Election Won 52.89% (+5.79%)
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