Question: Facts: - party: democrat - succeeded: gillis william long - birth date: 19 july 1926 - branch: united states army air corps - resting place: greenwood memorial park in pineville , louisiana - caption: mcsween in his younger years - death date: 2 january 2002 - spouse: sally foster mcsween - office: united -lrb- since defunct -rrb- states representative from louisiana 's 8th congressional district - term end: january 3 , 1963 - name: harold barnett mcsween - death place: alexandria , louisiana - birth place: alexandria rapides parish louisiana , usa - image size: 175px - alma mater: louisiana state university - occupation: savings and loan association president - preceded: george s. long - battles/wars: world war ii - children: john , robert , elizabeth , and sally - term start: january 3 , 1959 - image: harold b. mcsween in his younger years.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of harold b. mcsween .
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harold barnett mcsween -lrb- july 19 , 1926 -- january 12 , 2002 -rrb- was a louisiana businessman and democratic politician who served in the now defunct 8th congressional district for two terms between 1958 and 1962 .mcsween was born in alexandria , the seat of rapides parish and the largest city in central louisiana .he graduated from bolton high school in alexandria and attended louisiana state university in baton rouge , where he became an admirer and friend of the historian t. harry williams though he majored in english , rather than history .mcsween was president of the rapides savings and loan association in downtown alexandria .mcsween and his wife , the former sally foster , had four children , john , robert , elizabeth , and sally .mcsween was first elected in 1958 to succeed the late george s. long , older brother of huey pierce long , jr. , and earl kemp long .though he had led in the primary , which included a third candidate , former state representative ben f. holt of rapides parish , mcsween lost the 1960 democratic congressional runoff primary to former governor earl long .long died a few days later , and the democratic state central committee , of which holt was a member , certified mcsween the nominee for the november 8 election .in that republicans failed to offer a candidate , mcsween was in the enviable but unlikely position of being unopposed for reelection even after having been denied renomination .oddly , mcsween in effect lost his primary but won his general election without opposition .on january 31 , 1961 , mcsween joined a slim 217 -- 212 majority to increase the size of the house rules committee to permit then speaker sam rayburn of texas to add newer , more liberal members to the panel , which controls the flow of legislation in the chamber .this vote , also cast by mcsween 's colleague from shreveport , overton brooks , angered conservatives in both parties .the enlargement of the committee led to passage of the civil rights act of 1964 , which struck down...