Swoope was born in Clearfield , Pennsylvania . He attended The Hill School in Pottstown , PA and Phillips Academy in Andover , Massachusetts , and graduated from the law department of Harvard University in 1886 . He was admitted to the bar in 1886 , and practiced law in Minnesota , Nebraska , and Bellefonte , Pennsylvania . He was elected burgess of Bellefonte . In 1892 , he returned to Clearfield and continued the practice of law . He was elected county chairman and district attorney for Clearfield County from 1901 to 1907 . He was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention . He served as deputy attorney general for Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923
1916 Republican National Convention
1916 Republican National Convention
William Irvin Swoope