samuel, swope, samuel, franklin, swope, march, 1809, april, 1865, 19th, century, politician, lawyer, from, kentucky, born, bourbon, county, kentucky, swope, attended, rural, schools, bourbon, scott, counties, georgetown, college, studied, admitted, march, 1830. Samuel Franklin Swope March 1 1809 April 19 1865 was a 19th century politician and lawyer from Kentucky Born in Bourbon County Kentucky Swope attended the rural schools in Bourbon and Scott Counties and Georgetown College He studied law and was admitted to the bar on March 1 1830 commencing practice in Georgetown Kentucky He moved to Falmouth Kentucky in 1832 and continued practicing law He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839 and again in 1841 and served in the Kentucky Senate from 1844 to 1848 Swope was elected an American Know Nothing to the United States House of Representatives in 1854 serving from 1855 to 1857 He resumed practicing law in Falmouth Kentucky until his death on April 19 1865 He was interred there in Riverside Cemetery External links editUnited States Congress Samuel F Swope id S001130 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Samuel F Swope at Find a GraveU S House of RepresentativesPreceded byRichard H Stanton Member of the U S House of Representatives from Kentucky s 10th congressional districtMarch 4 1855 March 3 1857 obsolete district Succeeded byJohn W Stevenson nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress nbsp This article about a Kentucky politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel F Swope amp oldid 1073034385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
