Biography

03/19/1949 - 05/04/2013

SWAIM, John J., Jr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., March 19, 1949; B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1971; J.D., Delaware Law School of Widener College, 1976; attorney; member, 57th Ward Democratic Executive Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1981 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1983 term; died, May 4, 2013 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Our Lady of Grace Cemetery, Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.