After Congress
Schwengel had founded the Capitol Historical Society in 1962, and continued to serve as its president after his defeat, until 1993. He also was a founder and president of the Republican Heritage Foundation.
Schwengel received the first JM Dawson Award from the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in 1986 for, among other things, his stance against school prayer in 1970 that eventually led to his defeat from Congress.
Schwengel died on April 1, 1993, in Arlington, Virginia. The Interstate 80 bridge crossing the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa is named in his honor.
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“The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was the law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other. It was once the same road; and Congress is [s]till full of lawyers.”
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