What is George Bell Swift?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = George Bell Swift | image = George Bell Swift.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1845|12|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|7|2|1845|12|14|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | office = Mayor of Chicago | order = 34th | term_start = November 9, 1893 | term_end = December 27, 1893 (serving [[pro tem]] for the assassinated [[Carter Harrison, Sr.]]) | predecessor = [[Carter Harrison, Sr.]] | successor = [[John Patrick Hopkins]] | office2 = Mayor of Chicago | order2 = 36th | term_start2 = April 8, 1895 | term_end2 = April 15, 1897 | predecessor2 = [[John Patrick Hopkins]] | successor2 = [[Carter Harrison, Jr.]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | religion = | spouse = Lucy L. Brown | children = Brown F. Swift, Herbert B. Swift, George L. Swift, Grace Bell Bachelder, Adelaide Pearl Taylor, Eldred B. Swift, Edith L. Swift | website = }} '''George Bell Swift''' (December 14, 1845 &ndash; July 2, 1912) served as mayor of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] (1893; 1895–1897) for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He was selected to replace the assassinated [[Carter Harrison, Sr.]] as Mayor [[pro tem]] in 1893 and lost his re-election bid. He was re-elected when he ran in 1895. Swift was born in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] to Samuel W. Swift and Elizabeth Swift (born Bell). His family moved to [[Galena, Illinois]] when he was young. By his teenage years, the family was living in Chicago. Prior to serving as mayor of Chicago, Swift served two terms as an alderman. From 1887 to 1889, he was the city's Commissioner of Public Works.<ref>{{cite book | last = Leonard | first = John W. | title = The Book of Chicagoans | publisher = A.N. Marquis & Co. | year = 1902 | location = Chicago | pages = 560}}</ref> Swift died on July 2, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], aged 66. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{Chica