SWANWICK, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in 1760; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, Pa., and was also interested in literature, having published a volume of poetry; elected as a Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1795, until his death on August 1, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa.; chairman, Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (Fourth Congress); interment in St. Peter’s Churchyard.