J. Glenn Beall Jr.
John Glenn Beall Jr. | |
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United States Senator from Maryland | |
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Tydings |
Succeeded by | Paul Sarbanes |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th district | |
In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |
Preceded by | Charles Mathias |
Succeeded by | Goodloe Byron |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
In office 1962–1966 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cumberland, Maryland, U.S. | June 19, 1927
Died | March 24, 2006 Cumberland, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 78)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Nancy Beall |
Relations | George Beall (brother) |
Parent(s) | James Glenn Beall Margaret Schwarzenbach |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1945–1946 |
John Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927 – March 24, 2006), known as J. Glenn Beall Jr., was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland 1971–1977. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1962 to 1968, and the U.S. House of Representatives from the sixth district of Maryland from 1969 to 1971. His father, James Glenn Beall, was also a senator and representative from Maryland.
Life and career
Beall was born in Cumberland, Maryland, served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946, and graduated from Yale University in 1950. While at Yale, he was an active member of the Yale Political Union. He then went into the insurance business as a member of the general insurance firm of Beall, Garner & Geare, Inc.
In 1962, Beall was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates and was re-elected in 1966. He served as minority floor leader beginning in 1963, until his 1968 election as a Republican to the 91st Congress.[1]
Beall served one term as a congressman and was elected in 1970 as a Republican to the U.S. Senate. He failed to be re-elected in 1976, losing to Democratic rival Paul Sarbanes by 39% to 57%. His eighteen-point margin of defeat is one of the ten worst defeats for an incumbent senator in U.S. history. With Aris T. Allen as his running mate, Beall ran for Governor of Maryland in 1978, but lost to Democratic nominee Harry Hughes.
In the Senate, Beall "sponsored legislation that created the Senate Budget Office and the Congressional Budget Office. He served as one of the first members of the Senate Budget Committee. He was a principal sponsor of The Physician Manpower Shortage Act, which brought more doctors to rural areas, and the C&O Canal Development Act, establishing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, among others." [2]
Beall served as the President and Chairman of the charity The League for Crippled Children from 1978 until the time of his death.[3]
Beall resumed the insurance business in Cumberland, and was very active in the local community until his death as a result of cancer.[4] He is interred in Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery.
References
- ^ Estrada, Louie (25 March 2006). "Longtime Maryland Politician, Insurance Exec J. Glenn Beall Jr". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Deaths". Tulsa World. 26 March 2006 – via ProQuest.
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- ^ http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=735888 WTOP article regarding death Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Notes
- United States Congress. "J. Glenn Beall Jr. (id: B000272)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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