Fletcher B. Swank | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | John W. Harreld |
| Succeeded by | Ulysses S. Stone |
| In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Ulysses S. Stone |
| Succeeded by | Joshua B. Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 24, 1875 (1875-04-24) Bloomfield, Iowa |
| Died | March 16, 1950 (1950-03-17) (aged 74) Norman, Oklahoma |
| Citizenship | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Ada Blake Swank |
| Children | 2 |
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Fletcher B. Swank (April 24, 1875 – March 16, 1950) was an American politician and aU.S. Representative fromOklahoma.
Born nearBloomfield, Iowa, Swank was the son of Wallace and Melinda Wells Swank. He moved with his parents to Beef Creek, Indian Territory, in 1888, and attended an academy inNoble, Oklahoma, andUniversity of Oklahoma inNorman. He married Ada Blake on December 30, 1914; and the couple had two children, Fletcher B. and James Wallace.[1]
Swank taught school at Stella, and in 1902 he was elected Cleveland County school superintendent, serving from 1903 to 1907. Swank became Private secretary to CongressmanScott Ferris in 1907 and 1908. He attended the law department ofGeorgetown University,Washington, D.C., in 1907 and 1908, and was graduated fromCumberland University,Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1909. Admitted to the bar in 1909, he commenced practice inNorman, Oklahoma. He served as judge of the county court ofCleveland County, Oklahoma, from 1911 to 1915, and as judge of the fourteenth judicial district of Oklahoma from 1915 to September 1920, when he resigned.[2]
Swank was elected as aDemocrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses serving from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1929. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress,[a] He was elected to the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses, and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1935.[4] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934, losing to Josh Lee. He ran again in 1936, 1937 and 1938, but with no success, He then returned to Norman and resumed his law practice.[3]
Swank died in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, on March 16, 1950 (age 74 years, 326 days). He isinterred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma.[5]
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's 5th congressional district 1921–1929 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's 5th congressional district 1931–1935 | Succeeded by |
