Scott Swisher

'''Scott Swisher''' (July 15, 1919 - February 6, 1972) was an Iowan lawyer and politician who served five terms in the Iowa House of Representatives.

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==Early life== Swisher was born on July 15, 1919, in Iowa City, Iowa to Ingalls and Geneva Hanna Swisher. The Swishers had at least one other child, a son named Robert.<ref name="x">{{cite web |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=57&personID=1579 |title=Representative Scott Swisher |last1=Johnston |first1=Joseph C. |last2=Small, Jr. |first2=Arthur A. |last3=Dunton |first3=Keith H. |date=1972 |website=legis.iowa.gov |publisher=Iowa State Legislature General Assembly |access-date=December 16, 2015 |quote=}}</ref>

After graduating from Iowa City's public schools, Scott attended the University of Iowa, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942. He then proceeded to the University of Iowa College of Law and received his law degree the next year.

==Career== Representing Johnson County, Iowa, Swisher was first elected as a Democratic State Representative in 1955. He continued to serve until 1964 in the Fifty-Sixth, Fifty-Seventh, Fifty-Eighth, Fifty-Ninth, and Sixtieth Sessions of the Iowa General Assembly.<ref name="y">{{Cite book|title = Official Register|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hJALAQAAIAAJ|publisher = Iowa General Assembly|date = 1961-01-01|language = en|first = Iowa Secretary of|last = State}}</ref>

Swisher's accomplishments during his career in politics included:<ref name="y" /> * Minority Floor Leader from 1956 to 1958 * Outstanding State Representative in 1959 by members of the media who covered legislative affairs * Budget and Financial Control Committee member from 1959 to 1963 * Governor's Board of Penal Affairs member

He was twice a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and served on the Democratic national platform committee in 1960.

==Other activities==

In addition to his work in politics, Swisher was a practicing attorney at a law firm called ''Swisher and Swisher'' in Iowa City.

He held office or membership in many organizations. At various times, he served as:<ref name="x" /> * President of the Johnson County Bar Association * Member of the Iowa and American Bar Associations * Provincial president of Phi Delta Phi * Member of Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Scholastic Society * Member of Rotary International, The Elks, The Loyal Order of Moose, The Fraternal Order of the Eagles, Phi Kappa Psi, and the Knights of Pythias * Member of the Iowa Historical Society * Member of the University of Iowa Alumni Association * Member of the First Presbyterian Church

==Personal life== In 1943, Swisher married Nancy J. IlgenFritz. They had a son, Scott, and a daughter, Sarah.

In 1972, at age 52, Swisher suffered a heart attack. He was taken to University Hospital in Iowa City, where he died on February 6. Nancy and both children (as well as Scott's brother Robert) survived him.<ref name="x" />

After Swisher's death, the Iowa State Legislature read a proclamation that concluded:

''"Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Scott Swisher, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.''"<ref name="x" />

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