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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Philip D. Swing |
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El Centro, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 30, 1884 |
| Died |
August 08, 1963
(79 years) |
| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | born in San Bernardino, Calif., November 30, 1884; attended the public schools and was graduated from Stanford University in 1905; first lieutenant in the California National Guard 1906-1908; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in San Bernardino; city attorney of Brawley, Calif., in 1908 and 1909; deputy district attorney of Imperial County 1908-1911 and district attorney 1911-1915; chief counsel of the Imperial Irrigation District 1916-1919; judge of the superior court of Imperial County 1919-1921; delegate to the Republican State conventions at Sacramento, Calif., 1920-1932, serving as chairman in 1926; during the First World War served as a private in the Officers Training Camp at Camp Taylor, Ky., in 1918; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Sixty-ninth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed law practice; appointed a member of the California State Water Resources Board (now California Water Commission) in 1945; reappointed in 1950 and served until 1958; died in San Diego, Calif., August 8, 1963; interment in Greenwood Memorial Park.
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