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'''David Anthony Swinford''' (born June 28, 1941) is an agricultural consultant and lobbyist<ref name=lobby>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-03-29/swinford-works-lobbyist|title=Enrique Rangel, "Swinford works as lobbyist", March 28, 2011|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdated=November 14, 2011}}</ref> who served from 1991 to 2010 in the Texas House of Representatives. From 1991 to 1993, he represented District 88 in the Texas Panhandle. From 1993 until his retirement on August 31, 2010, he represented another Panhandle district, No. 87, which currently includes Carson, Moore, Sherman, and Potter counties.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=241&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Swinford~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=
'{{Officeholder
|name=David Anthony Swinford
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Joyce McCoy Swinford
|religion=
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1941|6|28}}
|offices=
Texas State Representative
|district=87
|state=Texas
|term_start=January 1991 - August 31, 2010
|preceded=[[Dick Waterfield]]
|former=Y
|succeeded=[[Four Price]]
}}
''David Anthony Swinford''' (born June 28, 1941) is an agricultural consultant and lobbyist<ref name=lobby>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-03-29/swinford-works-lobbyist|title=Enrique Rangel, "Swinford works as lobbyist", March 28, 2011|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdated=November 14, 2011}}</ref> who served from 1991 to 2010 in the Texas House of Representatives. From 1991 to 1993, he represented District 88 in the Texas Panhandle. From 1993 until his retirement on August 31, 2010, he represented another Panhandle district, No. 87, which currently includes Carson, Moore, Sherman, and Potter counties.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=241&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Swinford~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=
David A. Swinford|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=November 13, 2011}}</ref>
David A. Swinford|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=November 13, 2011}}</ref>
Swinford was born to the late Oley Earl and Hazel Alene Swinford, formerly of Wichita Falls, Texas. His brother, Jerry Swinford (1936–2011), a former field representative for the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, was at the time of his death the president of the Lubbock Retired Fire Fighters' Association in Lubbock, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2011-04-19/jerry-swinford?v=1303176653|title=Jerry Swinford|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=April 19, 2011}}</ref> Swinford obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural education from [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock. He is married to the former Joyce McCoy (born 1943). They have a son, David C. Swinford (born 1965) of Lubbock, and a daughter, Melissa Rae Swinford (born 1967) of Dumas. Swinford has a nephew, Van Swinford of Dumas, the son of Jerry Swinford. Another brother, Sammy Allen Swinford, is deceased, as is Swinford's niece, Sheila Swinford Wright (1951–2008) of Lubbock, the daughter of Sammy Swinford.<ref>http://lubbockonline.com/stories/072708/obi_310190962.shtml</ref>
Swinford was born to the late Oley Earl and Hazel Alene Swinford, formerly of Wichita Falls, Texas. His brother, Jerry Swinford (1936–2011), a former field representative for the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, was at the time of his death the president of the Lubbock Retired Fire Fighters' Association in Lubbock, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2011-04-19/jerry-swinford?v=1303176653|title=Jerry Swinford|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=April 19, 2011}}</ref> Swinford obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural education from [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock. He is married to the former Joyce McCoy (born 1943). They have a son, David C. Swinford (born 1965) of Lubbock, and a daughter, Melissa Rae Swinford (born 1967) of Dumas. Swinford has a nephew, Van Swinford of Dumas, the son of Jerry Swinford. Another brother, Sammy Allen Swinford, is deceased, as is Swinford's niece, Sheila Swinford Wright (1951–2008) of Lubbock, the daughter of Sammy Swinford.<ref>http://lubbockonline.com/stories/072708/obi_310190962.shtml</ref>
==Political career==
==Political career==