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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.
About Us. History. Hall of Secretaries: Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Portrait Artist: Frederich Roscher. Tenure: July 1, 1945 to June 10, 1948 (died in office) From Washington State; lawyer; U.S. District Judge; Dean of Law School; U.S. Senator. Appointed by Harry Truman.
He was more successful in his 1934 bid for the United States Senate and served in Congress until he resigned in 1940 to become the federal district judge of the United States Court for the Eastern District of Washington State. Schwellenbach served as a judge until 1945, when President Harry S. Truman tapped him as his secretary of labor.
Lewis B. Schwellenbach papers, Summary. Correspondence, speeches, writings, clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to Schwellenbach's service as U.S. senator from Washington (State) and U.S. secretary of labor in the Harry S. Truman presidential administration.
American public official Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach was a U.S. senator from Washington (1935–40) and secretary of labor under President Harry S. Truman. Schwellenbach was born on September 20, 1894, in Superior, Wisconsin. He moved with his family to Spokane, Washington, in 1902.
Truman then appointed Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1945-1948), a federal judge and former U.S. Senator, to carry the "Fair Deal" program forward at the Department of Labor. Noble goals for workers quickly foundered on high inflation and, as was the case after World War I, a massive wave of strikes.
Correspondence, speeches, writings, clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to Schwellenbach's service as U.S. senator from Washington (State) and U.S. secretary of labor in the Harry S. Truman presidential administration.
