Joshua William Swartz (June 9, 1867 – May 27, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of theRepublican Party, he was elected to theU.S. House of Representatives from theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Born inLower Swatara Township, Pennsylvania, just west ofHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, on June 9, 1867, Joshua W. Swartz was raised on his father's farm, and attended the rural schools,Lebanon Valley College, andWilliamsport Commercial School. He graduated from the law department ofDickinson College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania in 1892.[3][4]
Admitted to the bar in 1892, he began his legal practice in Harrisburg, and subsequently became a member of thePennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving in that capacity from 1915 to 1917.[5][6]
Swartz was elected as a Republican to theSixty-ninth Congress. He declined to become a candidate for reelection in 1926, and resumed the practice of law until his death in Harrisburg on May 27, 1959. He was buried at thePaxtang Cemetery near Harrisburg.[7][8]
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