Hardress Nathan Swaim

Judge Hardress Nathan Swaim

Personal

Birthday:

11/30/1890

Birthplace:

Zionsville, IN

Date of Death:

7/30/1957

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1916-1939, 1945-1949
U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1917-1918
City comptroller, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1936-1947
Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1939-1945

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, October 15, 1949; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

DePauw University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1913

Name of School - Second:

University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America 's great cities, Chicago offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. Chicago does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1916

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Court Name:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Harry S Truman

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

2/10/1950

Termination Date:

7/30/1957

Termination Reason:

Death