Background
Swiggart, William Harris was born on October 12, 1888 in Union City, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Harris and Mary (Fields) Swiggart.
Swiggart, William Harris was born on October 12, 1888 in Union City, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Harris and Mary (Fields) Swiggart.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1911. Graduate study University of Michigan.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1911, and began practice at Union City. Assistant attorney general of Tennessee, 1914-1926. Justice Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1926-1935, resigning to become general counsel North Carolina&Saint Louis Railway, executive vice president, 1956-1957.
Vice president, general counsel A.C.L. Railroad Company, 1955-1956.
Vice president, advisory counsel L.&North. Railroad, 1957-1958. Private practice of law, Nashville, Tennessee, since 1958.
Director 3rd National Bank, Nashville. Trustee Vanderbilt University Chairman board publication Methodist Church.
Member Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Katherine Mayes, June 17, 1914. Children: Katherine (Mistress M. B. Pilcher, III), William H. III, James M., Charles Perry.