What is Al Swift?
{{Infobox Congressman | name = Al Swift | image name = Al Swift.png | image_size=180px |birth_name=Allan Byron Swift | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|12}} | birth_place =[[Tacoma, Washington]] | death_date ={{death date and age|2018|4|20|1935|9|12}} | death_place =[[Alexandria, Virginia]] | state = [[Washington (state)|Washington]] | district = [[Washington's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] | term_start = January 3, 1979 | term_end = January 3, 1995 | preceded = [[Lloyd Meeds]] | succeeded = [[Jack Metcalf]] | party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | spouse = | children = |alma_mater= [[Central Washington University]] | religion = }} '''Allan Byron Swift''' (September 12, 1935 – April 20, 2018), an American [[Emmy]] award–winning broadcaster and politician. He served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1979 to 1995. He represented the [[Washington's 2nd congressional district|Second Congressional District]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]. Swift died on April 20, 2018 in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] of [[pulmonary fibrosis]] at the age of 82.<ref name=Kamb>{{citation |last=Kamb |first=Lewis |title=8-term Washington congressman Al Swift dies at 82 | newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=April 21, 2018 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/8-term-washington-congressman-al-swift-dies-at-82/}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{CongLinks | congbio=S001115}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080916090433/http://www.stennis.gov/Congressional%20Bios/alswift.htm Stennis Center for Public Service profile of Al Swift] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070805164520/http://www.collingswifthynes.com/our_team/al_swift.html Colling, Swift & Hynes bio of Al Swift] *{{C-SPAN|alswift}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Al}} [[Category:Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Virginia]] [[Category:Am