Al Swift
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Allan Byron Swift (born 12 September 1935), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1995. He represented the Second Congressional District of Washington as a Democrat.
Swift was born in Tacoma, Washington on 12 September 1935. He received a bachelor's degree from Central Washington University in 1957.
He was first elected to the House in 1978, replacing the retiring Lloyd Meeds, for whom Swift had served as an administrative assistant from 1965 to 1969. Swift won re-election in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, and 1992. He retired and did not run for re-election in 1994.
| Preceded by: Lloyd Meeds (D) |
U.S. Representative Washington 2 |
Followed by: Jack Metcalf (R) |
