Illinois HR 873: MEMORIAL-SHERWIN A. SWARTZ

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HR0873LRB104 21707 MST 37315 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Sherwin 

4A. Swartz, who passed away on April 11, 2026; and

5 WHEREAS, Sherwin Swartz was born in Chicago on April 18, 

61929, the son of a north side small-business family, and 

7attended Chicago public schools; and

8 WHEREAS, After graduating from Roosevelt University with a 

9history degree, Sherwin Swartz joined the Independent Voters 

10of Illinois (IVI) in 1953 and developed legendary skills in 

11the face-to-face teaching and tutoring of pre-election 

12campaign tactics, including political organizing, grassroots 

13campaigning, and door-to-door work; and

14 WHEREAS, After moving to Springfield in 1978, Sherwin 

15Swartz joined the Republican staff for the House of 

16Representatives, becoming a key internal Illinois General 

17Assembly staff expert for both sides of the aisle on issues 

18including Chicago government, local government, election law, 

19and the recital of any U.S. Census-related or governmental 

20statistic that any of his colleagues needed to know during the 

21final years before this knowledge was accessible online; and

HR0873- 2 -LRB104 21707 MST 37315 r

1 WHEREAS, Sherwin Swartz was a passionate Major League 

2Baseball fan, preserver of a wide variety of baseball lore, 

3and played a key role in preventing the Chicago White Sox from 

4moving to Tampa Bay, Florida in June 1988 by working with the 

5General Assembly to enact language within the authorization 

6law for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority (IFSA), a 

7newly-created independent entity within the public sector, 

8which gave the IFSA the financial means and auth