Hardress Swaim
Hardress Nathaniel Swaim (1890-1957) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.[1]
Swaim received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 1950, and received his commission on February 10th. He served until his death on July 30, 1957.[1]
Education
- DePauw University, A.B., 1913
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1916[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1916-1939
- U.S. Army First Lieutenant, 1917-1918
- Comptroller, City of Indianapolis, Indiana, 1936-1947
- Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1939-1945
- Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1945-1949[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Swaim's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1950–1957 |
Succeeded by: William Parkinson
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
