Question: Facts:   - jr/sr: united states senator , alabama    - preceded: john h. bankhead , ii    - term: june 15 , 1946 -- november 5 , 1946    - party: democrat    - death date: 10 september 1972      - succeeded: john j. sparkman    - birth date: december 19 , 1887    - state: alabama    - name: george robinson swift    - nationality: american    - birth place: baldwin county , alabama    - alma mater: university of alabama   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george r. swift .
Answer:
george robinson swift -lrb- december 19 , 1887 -- september 10 , 1972 -rrb- was a u.s. senator from the state of alabama .he was appointed to fill the term left by the death of john h. bankhead , ii and served in the senate from june 15 to november 5 , 1946 , when a successor , john j. sparkman , was elected .swift was in the lumber business .he served in the alabama house of representatives 1931-1935 and the alabama state senate 1935-1939 and 1947-1951 .