Background
SWIFT, Parton was born on July 14, 1876 in Cuba, New York, United States. Son of Harlan,T. and Martha A. (Higgins) Swift.
SWIFT, Parton was born on July 14, 1876 in Cuba, New York, United States. Son of Harlan,T. and Martha A. (Higgins) Swift.
Parton Swift graduated Bachelor of Philosophy from Cornell University in 1898. Then he studied law in his father"s office, was admitted to the bar in 1900, and practiced law in Buffalo.
Swift was Judge of Allegany County in 1882, and removed with his family to Buffalo in 1883. During World War I he fought as a first lieutenant of the field artillery. Swift was elected on February 3, 1920, to the New York State Senate (48th Doctorate) to fill the vacancy in the 143rd New York State Legislature caused by the resignation of Ross Graves.
He was Permanent Chairman of the Republican state convention in April 1924.
He was a Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1934 to 1946 when he reached the constitutional age limit. He was an Official Referee (ie a senior judge, up to the age of 75, on an additional seat) of the Supreme Court from 1947 to 1950.
He died on April 17, 1952, in Veterans Hospital in Buffalo, New York, of a heart ailment. And was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery there.
Swift was re-elected twice, and was a member of the State Senate until 1924, sitting in the 144th, 145th, 146th and 147th New York State Legislatures.
Spouse Nanette Paschall, January 14, 1908, St.