Background
Swayze, Francis Joseph was born on May 15, 1861 in Newton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jacob Lowrance and Joanna (Hill) Swayze.
Swayze, Francis Joseph was born on May 15, 1861 in Newton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jacob Lowrance and Joanna (Hill) Swayze.
Early education at Newton, New Jersey. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1879, A.M., 1880. Student Harvard Law Sch.
Doctor of Laws, Rutgers, 1911, Harvard, 1916.
Admitted to New Jersey bar as attorney, 1882, as counsellor, 1885. Practiced law, Newton, New Jersey, 1882-1892, and at Newark, New Jersey, 1892-1900. Judge Circuit Court, 1900-1903.
Justice Supreme Court of New Jersey, terms 1903-1910, 1910-1917, 1917-1924. Delaware Republican National Convention, 1892. Overseer Harvard College, 1909-1915 and 1917-1923.
President Harvard Alumni Association, 1915-1916, New Jersey History Society, 1912-1922. Trustee Washington Association of New Jersey Home: Newark, New Jersey.
Married Louise Barrett, October 13, 1887.