Mac Swinford

Personal

Birthday: 
12/23/1899
Birthplace: 
Cynthiana, KY
Date of Death: 
2/3/1975
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Cynthiana, Kentucky, 1922-1933
State representative, Kentucky, 1926-1929
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1933-1937

Education

Name of School: 
University of Virginia
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1922
Name of School - Third: 

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree Year - Third: 
1925

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
Court Name: 

Kentucky Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
8/21/1937
Termination Date: 
2/3/1975
Termination Reason: 
Death
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
Court Name - Second: 

Kentucky Western District Court

Commission Date - Second: 
8/21/1937
Termination Date - Second: 
2/3/1975
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death