Background
Swisher, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 21, 1878 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Lovell and Elizabeth (Leonard) Swisher.
Swisher, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 21, 1878 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Lovell and Elizabeth (Leonard) Swisher.
B.Ph., U. Iowa, 1899, Bachelor of Laws, 1900.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1900, and since practiced in Waterloo, Iowa. Member firm Swisher, Cohrt & Swisher. City solicitor, 1910-1915.
Vice-president and general counsel Waterloo.
Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad General counsel, director Rath Packing Company President Board of Education, Waterloo, 1918-1924.
President of the board of trustees Iowa Memorial Union. Lieutenant colonel Specialist Reserve.
Member Chamber of Commerce (director), American Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association (president 1926-1927), University of Iowa Alumni Association (president 1927-1930), Reserve Officers Association Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi. I; Clubs: Rotary (president 1942-1943), Sunnyside Country (Waterloo).
Married Helen Field Moulton, November 26, 1902. Children: Martha Elizabeth (Mistress Deam East. Horner), Benjamin F. (deceased), Helen Moulton (Mistress Richard H. Plock), Charles Franklin.