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==Career==

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===Louisiana State Senate===

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====Louisiana State Senate===

Swearingen was elected to the Senate in 1979 to succeed Democrat Henry Lawrence Gibbs, Jr. (1919–1993). In his third and last election to the state senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 1987, Swearingen easily defeated the [[real estate]] figure and fellow Democrat [[Fred Huenefeld]], also of Monroe, 26,087 (77.6 percent) to 7,521 (22.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

Upon his resignation from the Senate in 1991 to become the ULM president, Swearingen was briefly succeeded by former state Representative John Clifford Ensminger, Jr., a [[conservative]] Democrat who switched to Republican affiliation while serving in the House in 1985.<ref name=senate/>

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===ULM President===

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===ULM President===

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In 1991, Swearingen resigned with less than a year remaining in his ~~senate~~ term to become only the fourth president of the then Northeast Louisiana University, which was renamed ULM in 1999 during his presidential tenure.

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In 1991, Swearingen resigned with less than a year remaining in his Senate term to become only the fourth president of the then Northeast Louisiana University, which was renamed ULM in 1999 during his presidential tenure.

Under Swearingen, the university added four [[Ph.D.]] programs, expanded the pharmacy program, built new library and computer science buildings, and expanded Biedenharn Hall. Certain selective admissions procedures were also implemented. Swearingen retired as the ULM

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According to Scott, Swearingen informed the faculty that budget cuts would be taking place in their salaries, but subsequently contradicted himself by telling the media that no such cuts would occur. Scott said faculty in attendance, himself included, were 'frustrated' not only at Swearingen’s remarks, but also that no one among them were willing to come forward with their side of the story. "That unwillingness to come forward, he said, stemmed from fear of retribution by the former administration," Scott said.

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Scott resigned his position that summer to ~~take a job directing~~ the Center For Economic Education and Research at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], ''The Pow Wow'' reported.

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Scott resigned his position that summer to become the director of the Center For Economic Education and Research at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], ''The Pow Wow'' reported.

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==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>

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