William Irvin Swoope

William Irvin Swoope (October 3, 1862 – October 9, 1930) was an attorney and politician from Clearfield, Pennsylvania. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1927.

Early life William I. Swoope was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania on October 3, 1862, the son of attorney Henry Bucher Swoope and Susanna P. (Irwin) Swoope. He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, PA and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, then attended Harvard Law School. He graduated in 1886, then studied law in the Curwensville office of his uncle Roland D. Swoope. He attained admission to the bar later that year, and practiced law in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. and served as district attorney for Clearfield County from 1901 to 1907. They were married until his death. The Swoopes were the parents of a daughter, Priscilla.

Swoope was the nephew of U.S. Representative John Patton and the uncle of USS Arizona captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh.