Jesse Howard Swick (August 6, 1879 – November 17, 1952) was a Republican member of the

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from

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. J. Howard Swick was born near

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. He attended

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in nearby Beaver Falls, where he taught from 1895 to 1900. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College of

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in 1900. He moved to Beaver Falls in 1906 and commenced the practice of medicine. He served as president of the Beaver Falls Bureau of Health from 1907 to 1914. During the

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, Swick served as a first lieutenant and later as a captain in the

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of the

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, with overseas service, from August 31, 1917 to May 9, 1919. After his time in the service, he resumed the practice of medicine in Beaver Falls. He was also interested in banking and the manufacturing of steel products. He served as a member of the Beaver Falls City Council from 1925 to 1927. Swick was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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. He resumed the practice of medicine until August 1945, when he retired. He died in Beaver Falls, aged 73, and is buried in Concord Cemetery in North Sewickley Township,

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* 1879 births 1952 deaths United States Army personnel of World War I People from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania United States Army Medical Corps officers Geneva College alumni Pennsylvania city council members Drexel University alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub