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Senate Years of Service: 1953-1965 Party: Republican
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BEALL, James Glenn, (father of John Glenn Beall, Jr.),
a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Frostburg,
Allegany County, Md., June 5, 1894; attended the public schools and Gettysburg
College; during the First World War served in the Ordnance Corps, United States
Army 1918-1919, being discharged as a sergeant; engaged in the insurance and
real-estate business; member of the Allegany County Road Commission 1923-1930;
member, State senate 1930-1934; member and chairman of the Maryland State Road
Commission 1938-1939; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the
four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1953); was not a
candidate for reelection in 1952; elected to the United States Senate as a
Republican in 1952, reelected in 1958 and served from January 3, 1953, to
January 3, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964; returned to
Frostburg, Md., and resumed his insurance business; died in Frostburg, Md.,
January 14, 1971; interment in Frostburg Memorial Park.
BibliographyDictionary of American Biography.
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