Brigadier General David G. Swaim was Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army from Feb. 18, 1881 to Dec. 22, 1894. In 1884 he was tried by Court Martial for several counts of financial improprieties and fraud, and convicted. He was sentenced to relief from duty and forfeiture of 1/2 of his pay. He continued to hold his rank of Brigadier General and the position of Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army, for the next 10+ years. In late1894, President Cleveland pardoned him and reinstated him to duty at full pay. He retired a few days later. BG Swaim remains the longest serving TJAG of the U.S. Army.

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