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Mac Swinford

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Mac Swinford
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office
1963–1969
Preceded byHiram Church Ford
Succeeded byBernard Thomas Moynahan Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
In office
August 21, 1937 – February 3, 1975
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded bySeat established by 49 Stat. 1806
Succeeded byEugene Edward Siler Jr.
Personal details
Born
Mac Swinford

(1899-12-23)December 23, 1899
Cynthiana, Kentucky
DiedFebruary 3, 1975(1975-02-03) (aged 75)
EducationUniversity of Virginia
University of Virginia School of Law
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Mac Swinford (December 23, 1899 – February 3, 1975) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Education and career

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Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, Swinford attended the University of Virginia and read law in 1922, then graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1925. He was in private practice in Cynthiana from 1922 to 1933. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1926 to 1929, and was then the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1933 to 1937.[1]

Federal judicial service

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Judicial portrait of Swinford, 1976, by William P. Walsh.

Swinford was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 19, 1937, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to a new joint seat authorized by 49 Stat. 1806. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 20, 1937, and received his commission on August 21, 1937. He served as Chief Judge of the Eastern District from 1963 to 1969. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1966 to 1969. His service terminated on February 3, 1975, due to his death.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 49 Stat. 1806
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

1937–1975
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
1963–1969
Succeeded by