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==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Swearingen has also lived in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and, currently, Fairhope in Baldwin County, near [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] in southern [[Alabama]].<ref>People Search and Background Check</ref> He served as a [[professor]] of management, specializing in legal environment of business and other business law courses at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.selu.edu/search?q=Lawson+Swearingen&site=default_collection&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&submit.x=9&submit.y=6&submit=GO|title=Southeastern Louisiana University|publisher=search.selu.edu|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref> before retiring in 2010. A retirement reception for Swearingen was held in Southeastern's Garrett Hall on May 6, 2010.</ref> He was an active community leader in Hammond and often lectured on education topics. A [[Baptist]] as well as a member of [[Gideons International]], Swearingen is a trustee having served a term through 2011 on the board of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbc.net/redirect.asp?url=/trustees/2008NOBTS.swf|title=New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=sbc.net|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref>​

Swearingen has also lived in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and, currently, Fairhope in Baldwin County, near [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] in southern [[Alabama]].<ref>People Search and Background Check</ref> He served as a [[professor]] of management, specializing in legal environment of business and other business law courses at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.selu.edu/search?q=Lawson+Swearingen&site=default_collection&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&submit.x=9&submit.y=6&submit=GO|title=Southeastern Louisiana University|publisher=search.selu.edu|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> before retiring in 2010. A retirement reception for Swearingen was held in Southeastern's Garrett Hall on May 6, 2010.</ref> He was an active community leader in Hammond and often lectured on education topics. A [[Baptist]] as well as a member of [[Gideons International]], Swearingen is a trustee having served a term through 2011 on the board of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbc.net/redirect.asp?url=/trustees/2008NOBTS.swf|title=New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=sbc.net|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>

 

Swearingen is married to the former Sharon Harrelson (born 1947), originally a ULM cheerleader from West Monroe. The couple has two children, Lawson Lewis "Chip" Swearingen, III; and Ashley Swearingen Day and husband, Will. Swearingen has two sisters, Carolyn Swearingen Cody, and husband, Rodger, of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, and Sharon Swearingen Tusa of Richmond, Texas. Swearingen's mother resided in [[Shreveport]], where she retired with her late husband,<ref name=lssobit/> who was an active donor in 2008 to the [[Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://google.com/search?q=cache:uHq1IHzgRQIJ:www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/lawson-swearingen.asp%3Fcycle%3D08+Lawson+Swearingen&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Lawson Swearingen, Sr., Political Campaign Contributions, 2008|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref>​

Swearingen is married to the former Sharon Harrelson (born 1947), originally a ULM cheerleader from West Monroe. The couple has two children, Lawson Lewis "Chip" Swearingen, III; and Ashley Swearingen Day and husband, Will. Swearingen has two sisters, Carolyn Swearingen Cody, and husband, Rodger, of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, and Sharon Swearingen Tusa of Richmond, Texas. Swearingen's mother resided in [[Shreveport]], where she retired with her late husband,<ref name=lssobit/> who was an active donor in 2008 to the [[Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://google.com/search?q=cache:uHq1IHzgRQIJ:www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/lawson-swearingen.asp%3Fcycle%3D08+Lawson+Swearingen&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Lawson Swearingen, Sr., Political Campaign Contributions, 2008|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

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