sentences:  He was New York County District Attorney from 1916 to 1921, elected in a special election in November 1915 defeating the incumbent Charles A. Perkins, and re-elected in November 1917 to a full term.Swann was accused several times by reform organizations of misconduct and malfeasance in office, urging his removal.Since the precedent of 1900, when Asa Bird Gardiner was removed by Gov.