Fletcher B. Swank

Fletcher B. Swank
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th 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	United States
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Ada Blake Swank
Children	Fletcher B. James Wallace
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma Cumberland University
Profession	teacher school superintendent Attorney politician judge
Religion	Methodist

Fletcher B. Swank (April 24, 1875 – March 16, 1950) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Biography

Born near Bloomfield, 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 in Noble, Oklahoma, and University of Oklahoma in Norman. He married Ada Blake on December 30, 1914; and the couple had two children, Fletcher B. and James Wallace.

Career

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 Congressman Scott Ferris in 1907 and 1908. He attended the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1907 and 1908, and was graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1909. Admitted to the bar in 1909, he commenced practice in Norman, Oklahoma. He served as judge of the county court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma from 1911 to 1915, and as judge of the fourteenth judicial district of Oklahoma from 1915 to September 1920, when he resigned.

Swank was elected as a Democrat 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, he was elected to the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1931 to January 3, 1935. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934.

Death

Swank died in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, on March 16, 1950 (age 74 years, 326 days). He is interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma.

External links

• Fletcher B. Swank at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• Fletcher B. Swank at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John W. Harreld	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district 1921–1929	Succeeded by Ulysses S. Stone
Preceded by Ulysses S. Stone	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district 1931-1935	Succeeded by Joshua B. Lee