Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and
Hanford Co., 1922. p. 132.

GEORGE T. SWASEY, of Raymond, was born in Vermont, in 1853.  His education was 
obtained principally through his own exertions, and without financial 
assistance.  he taught school several years in New England villages, and 
graduated at Barre Academy, Barre, Vt., in 1876.  He was admitted to practice 
in the courts of that state in 1880, and holds certificates to practice as an 
attorney and counselor at law and solicitor in the State of Washington to 
practice in the courts of this State.  His practice has been confined 
principally to the courts of his native state and of Washington.  In the fall 
of 1889 he located at Centralia, Wash., where he practiced until Jan. 1, 1899 
when he returned to Vermont, opening an office in Barre City, and practicing 
there until 1907.  In the Spring of 1907 he entered into partnership with E. 
T. Trimble under the firm name of Trimble & Swasey, of Seattle.  This firm was 
dissolved in 1912, and in May 1913, Mr. Swasey located in Raymond, where he 
has since been engaged in the practice of his profession.  Mr. Swasey served 
as first mayor of Centralia after the territory became a state.  He was also 
City Attorney of that city and Prosecuting Attorney of Lewis county.  While 
practicing in Barre City, Vt., he served as Representative of that city for 
the years 1888 and 1889 and also as City Attorney.  He was nominated for mayor 
and defeated, also for Representative to Congress, on the Democratic ticket, 
and defeated.  Mr. Swasey has always abided strictly by the ethics of the 
profession, has counselled settlement in many cases, to his financial 
detriment, and has placed honor in the profession above the accumulation of 
wealth.  He is intensely interested in the moral and economic questions of the 
day and believes in the enforcement of law without fear or favor.  He was 
married in 1881, to Delcy H. Bowker, and the couple have three children, 
Harold B., an attorney; George T. Jr., a Lieutenant Commander in the United 
States navy, and Henriette, a graduate of the University of Washington.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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