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Lewis B. Schwellenbach

Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (September 20, 1894 – June 10, 1948) was a United States senator from Washington, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the 5th United States Secretary of Labor.

Lewis B. Schwellenbach

Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach

(1894-09-20)September 20, 1894
Superior, Wisconsin

June 10, 1948(1948-06-10) (aged 53)
Washington, D.C.

Anne Duffy (1935–1948)

1918-1919

Background[edit]

Born on September 20, 1894, in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, Schwellenbach moved to Spokane, Washington with his parents in 1902, attending the Spokane elementary and high schools. He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1917 from the University of Washington School of Law. He was an assistant instructor at the University of Washington from 1916 to 1917.

Personal life and death[edit]

Schwellenbach's brother, Edgar W. Schwellenbach, served as a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court.[9]


He married Anne Duffy in 1935 and they remained together until his death in 1948.[10][11]


Schwellenbach died on June 10, 1948. He was buried at Washelli Cemetery in Seattle.

. www.dol.gov.

"Hall of Secretaries: Lewis B. Schwellenbach - U.S. Department of Labor"

at Find a Grave

Lewis B. Schwellenbach

Time, October 15, 1945 (A likeness of Schwellenbach was on the cover)

Department of Labor archives