Pat Swindall
U.S. Congressperson
1950 –
Who is Pat Swindall?
Patrick Lynn Swindall, Sr., is an American politician.
Swindall was born in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated from Briarcliff High School and with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia. During his time at UGA, Swindall was the Student Body President and the president of Pi Kappa Phi . In 1972 and also obtained his J.D. from the UGA School of Law in 1975.
He was a practicing lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia from 1975 until 1984 when he ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in Georgia's 4th congressional district. After winning election to the 99th Congress, Swindall was re-elected to the 100th Congress. He lost his bid for re-election to the 101st Congress in 1988.
In 1988, a federal grand jury indicted Swindall for perjury. The cloud of controversy surrounding the indictments, further enhanced by videotapes publicly circulated via the local news channels, doomed his previously safe re-election bid in 1988. His Democratic opponent, Ben Jones, achieved a 60% to 40% victory despite heavy Republican sentiment in the suburban district.
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