Mac Swinford was a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky

Cynthiana, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,258 people, 2,692 households, and 1,639 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,873.6 people per square mile . There were 2,909 housing units at an average density of 870.9 per square mile...

, Swinford attended the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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 and read law in 1922, then graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

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 in 1925. He was in private practice in Cynthiana, Kentucky

Cynthiana, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,258 people, 2,692 households, and 1,639 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,873.6 people per square mile . There were 2,909 housing units at an average density of 870.9 per square mile...

 from 1922 to 1933. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Kentucky House of Representatives

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 from 1926 to 1929, and was then the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1933 to 1937.

On August 19, 1937, Swinford was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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 to a new seat on both the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

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 and on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

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, both created by 49 Stat. 1806. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on August 20, 1937, and received his commission the following day, serving thereafter until his death.

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