# Guy J. Swope > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guy_J._Swope > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guy_J._Swope.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_J._Swope > Source revision: 1351519812 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American teacher, accountant, and politician Guy Jacob Swope Swope, c. 1944 Acting Governor of Puerto Rico In office February – August 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by José Miguel Gallardo (acting) Succeeded by José Miguel Gallardo (acting) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th district In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 Preceded by Isaac H. Doutrich Succeeded by John C. Kunkel Personal details Born (1892-12-26)December 26, 1892 Meckville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died July 25, 1969(1969-07-25) (aged 76) New York City, New York, U.S. Party Democratic Alma mater Keystone State Teachers College Columbia University School of International Affairs Profession teacher, accountant **Guy Jacob Swope** (December 26, 1892 – July 25, 1969) was an American [teacher](/source/Teacher), [accountant](/source/Accountant), and [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [politician](/source/Politician). His career included one term as a representative in the [77th United States Congress](/source/77th_United_States_Congress), serving as a director in the [United States Department of Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_Interior) under [Franklin D. Roosevelt](/source/Franklin_D._Roosevelt), and serving for a brief period as acting [governor of Puerto Rico](/source/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico) in 1941. He also served in the [United States Naval Reserve](/source/United_States_Naval_Reserve), Military Government Branch, where he attained the rank of [Commander](/source/Commander). Swope was born in Meckville, [Berks County, Pennsylvania](/source/Berks_County%2C_Pennsylvania) and studied in [Keystone State Teachers College](/source/Kutztown_University_of_Pennsylvania) and [Columbia University School of International Affairs](/source/Columbia_University). After graduation, he first worked as a teacher in [Lebanon County, Pennsylvania](/source/Lebanon_County%2C_Pennsylvania) and later as an agent for the [Internal Revenue Service](/source/Internal_Revenue_Service). In 1935, he became the budgetary secretary for [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) and served in that position for two years before being elected to congress in 1936. He failed to win re-election in 1938. He was made auditor of Puerto Rico in 1940 and served in that capacity for only a year before being appointed acting Governor. He only worked as governor for less than a year before becoming a Director in the [Division of Territories and Island Possessions](/source/Division_of_Territories_and_Island_Possessions) for the Department of the Interior.[1] During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), he joined the United States Naval Reserve. After the war, he was a civilian chief of the [National Government Division](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Government_Division&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan and later as an assistant to the [American High Commissioner in Germany](/source/Allied-occupied_Germany#Military_governors_and_commissioners). After the war, Swope returned to political life with a failed bid for re-election to Congress in 1956, but he was appointed Deputy [State Treasurer](/source/Pennsylvania_Treasurer) of Pennsylvania from 1961 until his retirement in 1965. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["SWOPE, Guy Jacob - Biographical Information"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001127). *bioguide.congress.gov*. ## External links - United States Congress. ["Guy J. Swope (id: S001127)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001127). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Isaac H. Doutrich Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1937–1939 Succeeded by John C. Kunkel Political offices Preceded by José Miguel Gallardo Governor of Puerto Rico February 1941 – August 1941 Succeeded by José Miguel Gallardo v t e Governors of Puerto Rico Colony of Puerto Rico (1898–1949) Miles Brooke Herny Davis Allen Hunt Winthrop Post Colton Yager Benedicto Reily Huyke Towner Beverley Roosevelt Beverley Gore Horton Winship Colom Leahy Gallardo Swope Gallardo Piñero Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1949–present) Muñoz Marín Sánchez Vilella Ferré Hernández Colón Romero Barceló Hernández Colón P. Rosselló Calderón Acevedo Vilá Fortuño García Padilla R. Rosselló Pierluisi (de facto) Vásquez Garced Pierluisi González-Colón Italics indicate acting officeholders v t e Pennsylvania's delegation(s) to the 75th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority) 75th Senate: ▌J. Davis (R) ▌J. Guffey (D) House: ▌B. Focht (R) ▌J. Wolfenden (R) ▌J. R. Kinzer (R) ▌R. Rich (R) ▌P. Boland (D) ▌H. Haines (D) ▌C. Crosby (D) ▌J. W. Ditter (R) ▌M. Dunn (D) ▌H. Ellenbogen (D) ▌C. Faddis (D) ▌J. B. Snyder (D) ▌F. Walter (D) ▌O. Frey (D) ▌J. B. Daly (D) ▌F. Dorsey (D) ▌C. Eckert (D) ▌J. Gildea (D) ▌D. Gingery (D) ▌J. Gray (D) ▌J. Quinn (D) ▌M. Stack (D) ▌B. Allen (D) ▌M. Bradley (D) ▌P. De Muth (D) ▌I. Drew (D) ▌H. Eberharter (D) ▌J. H. Flannery (D) ▌B. Jarrett (R) ▌J. McGranery (D) ▌G. Moser (D) ▌A. Rutherford (R) ▌L. Sacks (D) ▌G. Swope (D) ▌R. Simpson (D) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States People US Congress Other Yale LUX This article about a United States representative from Pennsylvania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Pennsylvania-Representative-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3APennsylvania-Representative-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Pennsylvania-Representative-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Guy J. 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