Swisher was secretary of the Royalty Oil Company , which owned mining rights for approximately of prospective oil lands throughout the United States . He also held prominent leadership and management roles in the Valley Wood Working Company , the Monongahela Valley Posting and Distributing Plant , the Federal Savings and Trust Company , and the West Virginia Tri-Products Company . In Hampshire County , Swisher maintained fruit growing interests and served as the president of the South Branch Merchandising Company . He was an active member of the West Virginia Democratic Party and was selected as a delegate from West Virginia to the 1936 Democratic National Convention
1936 Democratic National Convention
1936 Democratic National Convention
Howard Llewellyn Swisher