Jacob Swoope

Jacob Swoope
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district
In office March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
Preceded by	David Holmes
Succeeded by	William McCoy
Personal details
Born	Unknown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	1832 Staunton, Virginia
Resting place	Staunton, Virginia
Political party	Federalist

Jacob Swoope (died 1832) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Swoope attended the common schools as a child. He moved to Staunton, Virginia in 1789 and held several local offices before being elected the first mayor of Staunton under the new charter of 1801. He was reelected mayor in 1804 before being elected a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1808, serving from 1809 to 1811 having defeated Democratic-Republican Daniel Smith. Swoope died in Staunton in 1832 and was interred there in Trinity Episcopal Churchyard.

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