James Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006) was an American
Republican
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politician and businessman from the
state
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of
Maryland
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who served in the
United States House of Representatives
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, representing (1969–1971), and as a
United States Senator
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from Maryland (1971–1977). He was also a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
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(1962–1968).
Life and career
Beall was born in
Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland
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, the eldest of three. His father was
James Glenn Beall
James Glenn Beall (June 5, 1894 – January 14, 1971) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland.
Early l ...
, who served as U.S. Representative from Maryland's 6th congressional district (1943–1953) and as a U.S. Senator from Maryland (1953–1965). His younger brother,
George Beall
George Beall, Jr. (February 26, 1729 – October 15, 1807) was a wealthy landowner in Maryland and Georgetown in what is now Washington, D.C., son of George Beall, Sr. (1695-1780) and Elizabeth Brooke (1699-1748); the grandson son of Col. Ninian ...
, served as
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland
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(1970–1975), and in 1973, prosecuted
Vice President
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Spiro Agnew
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for bribery.
Beall served in the
United States Navy
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from 1945 to 1946, and graduated from
Yale University
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in 1950. While at Yale, he was an active member of the
Yale Political Union
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. 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 as a Republican to the
Maryland House of Delegates
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and was re-elected in 1966. He served as minority floor leader from 1963 until his
1968 election to the
91st Congress
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.
Beall served one term in the U.S. House, representing , and then ran for U.S. Senate in
1970
Events
January
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, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat
Joseph Tydings
Joseph Davies Tydings (né Cheesborough; May 4, 1928 – October 8, 2018) was an American lawyer and politician. He was most notable for his service as a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing Maryland from 1965 to 1971.
Bo ...
. Six years later, he lost
re-election
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to
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
by 39% to 57%. His eighteen-point margin of defeat was one of the widest for an incumbent senator in U.S. history. With
Aris T. Allen as his running mate, Beall ran for
Governor of Maryland
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in 1978, but lost to Democratic nominee
Harry Hughes
Harry Roe Hughes (November 13, 1926 – March 13, 2019) was an American politician from the Democratic Party who served as the 57th Governor of Maryland from 1979 to 1987.
Early life and family
Hughes was born in Easton, Maryland, the s ...
by an overwhelming margin.
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
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland. The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains of ...
, among others."
Beall served as the President and Chairman of the charity The League for Crippled Children from 1978 until the time of his death.
Beall resumed the insurance business in Cumberland, and was very active in the local community until his death as a result of cancer.
[http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=735888 WTOP article regarding death ] He is interred in Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery.
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