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{{short description|Democratic U.S. Senator from Alabama}}
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{{Infobox officeholder | name=George R. Swift
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| image name=George Robinson Swift.jpg
| caption=Official portrait {{circa|1946}}
| jr/sr1=[[United States Senate|United States Senator]], [[Alabama]]
| state1=[[Alabama]]
| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| term1=June 15, 1946 – November 5, 1946
| appointed1=[[Chauncey Sparks]]
| preceded1=[[John H. Bankhead II]]
| succeeded1=[[John Sparkman]]
| alongside=
| office2=Member of the [[Alabama Senate]]
| term2=1935–1939<br>1947–1951
| office3=Member of the [[Alabama House of Representatives]]
| term3=1931–1935
| birth_date=December 19, 1887
| birth_place=
| death_date={{death date and age |1972|09|10|1887|12|19}}
| death_place=
| spouse= 
| religion=
| alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]]
}}

'''George Robinson Swift''' (December 19, 1887 – September 10, 1972) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Alabama]]. He was appointed to fill the term left by the death of [[John H. Bankhead, II]] and served in the Senate from June 15 to November 5, 1946, when a successor, [[John J. Sparkman]], was elected. Swift was in the lumber business. He served in the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] 1931-1935 and the [[Alabama State Senate]] 1935-1939 and 1947–1951. His younger brother was U.S. Army Major General [[Ira P. Swift]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTxVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1348 |title=Service Social News |date=July 6, 1946 |volume=LXXXIII |issue=45 |page=1348 |newspaper=Army and Navy Journal |access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>

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[[Category:Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Democratic Party Alabama state senators]]
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