Background
Swinford, Mac was born on December 23, 1899 in Cynthiana, Kentucky, United States. Son of Medical Corps and Allie (McKee) S., Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1925, postgraduate 1924-1925.
Swinford, Mac was born on December 23, 1899 in Cynthiana, Kentucky, United States. Son of Medical Corps and Allie (McKee) S., Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1925, postgraduate 1924-1925.
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, Kentucky from 1922 to 1933. On August 19, 1937, Swinford was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt to a new seat on both the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, both created by 49 Statistics 1806. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 20, 1937, and received his commission the following day, serving thereafter until his death.
(Judge Mac Swinford was one of the longest-serving federal...)
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.
Married Benton Peterson, November 17, 1927. Children: Mary (Mistress McKay Reed, Junior.