Charles E. Swanson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Earl W. Vincent |
| Succeeded by | Guy Gillette |
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| Born | Charles Edward Swanson (1879-01-03)January 3, 1879 Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 1970(1970-08-22) (aged 91) Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Knox College Northwestern University |
Charles Edward Swanson (January 3, 1879 – August 22, 1970) served two terms as a RepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa's 9th congressional district. His congressional career ended in the landslide that accompanied the election ofFranklin D. Roosevelt to his first term as president.
Swanson was born in a farm nearGalesburg, Illinois toSwedish immigrants,[1] he attended the public schools in Galesburg. In 1890 he moved to Iowa with his parents, who settled on a farm inRinggold County. He resumed his studies in the public school atClearfield, Iowa.He returned to Galesburg to attendKnox College, where he graduated in 1902. He then served as principal of schools atAltona, Illinois from 1902 to 1904. He attended law school atNorthwestern University and graduated in 1907, when he was admitted to the bar. He went into private practice inCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, where he served as prosecuting attorney ofPottawattamie County, Iowa from 1915 to 1922.
In 1928, Swanson was elected as aRepublican to theU.S. House of Representatives. He was re-elected once, two years later. However, after reapportionment in 1931 placed him inIowa's 7th congressional district, he prevailed in the Republican primary but lost in the general election to DemocratOtha Wearin. After resuming the practice of law, Swanson attempted to regain his seat in 1934, but was again defeated by Wearin. In all Swanson served in the Seventy-first and to the Seventy-second Congresses from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933.
Swanson later served as chairman of the Council Bluffs Board of Tax Review from 1949 to 1968. He died in Council Bluffs on August 22, 1970, and was interred inWalnut Hill Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's 9th congressional district 1929 – 1933 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by |
