Pi Schwert

Who was Pi Schwert?

Pius Louis Schwert was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Schwert was born in Angola, New York. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1914. He played baseball for the New York Yankees from 1914 until 1915. He served in the United States Navy during World War I. He was elected to Congress in 1938 and served from January 3, 1939 until his death. Although Jacob Ruppert had served in Congress before buying the Yankees in 1915, Schwert is the only former Yankee to have served in Congress.