Mac Swinford (December 23, 1899 – February 3, 1975) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Mac Swinford
Kentucky Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Born 1899 in Cynthiana, KY
Died 1975
FJC ID: 2698
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 1937–1975Kentucky Western District Court · 1937–1975
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1966–1969
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky1933–1937- Private practice, Cynthiana, Kentucky1922–1933
- KentuckyState representative · 1926–1929
Appointments
1937–1975 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1937–1975 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia-Main Campus
- Read law1922