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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.
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.
Schwellenbach served as a judge until 1945, when President Harry S. Truman tapped him as his secretary of labor. Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach remained in that position until he died in 1948.
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.
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (shwĕl´ənbäk), 1894–1948, American cabinet officer, b. Superior, Wis. After serving (1935–40) in the U.S. Senate, he was appointed (1940) U.S. district judge in Washington state.
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.
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.
