John Augustus Swope

John Augustus Swope
From 1896'sHistory of the Swope Family and Their Connections, 1678-1896
Born	December 25, 1827 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Died	December 6, 1910(1910-12-06)(aged 82)
Resting place	Evergreen Cemetery,Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Mount St. Mary Academy Princeton College(1847) University of Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic

John Augustus Swope(December 25, 1827 – December 6, 1910) was aDemocraticmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.

Biography

Born inGettysburg, Pennsylvania,on December 25, 1827, Swope attended the common schools in Gettysburg and Mount St. Mary’s Academy inEmmitsburg, Maryland.A graduate ofPrinceton Collegein 1847 and then the medical department of theUniversity of PennsylvaniainPhiladelphia,he subsequently entered the practice of medicine, but discontinued that work after a few years and began mercantile work inBaltimore, Maryland.

He then returned to Gettysburg, where he became president of the Gettysburg National Bank in 1879, and subsequently engaged in manufacturing and agricultural pursuits.

Swope was elected in 1884 as a Democrat to theForty-eighthCongress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofWilliam A. Duncan,serving from December 23, 1884, through March 3, 1885. He was then elected in 1885 to theForty-ninthCongress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Duncan, who had been reelected, and served from November 3, 1885, through March 3, 1887. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886.

Later years, death and interment

He relocated toWashington, D.C.,where he engaged in banking until his death there in 1910. He was interred in theEvergreen Cemeteryin Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• United States Congress."John Augustus Swope (id: S001128)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard

External links

• John Augustus SwopeatFind a Grave