Biographies for Allegany County Maryland

BEALL, James Glenn (1894—1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1953-1965
Party: Republican
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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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BEALL, John Glenn, Jr. (1927—2006)

Senate Years of Service: 1971-1977
Party: Republican
BEALL, John Glenn, Jr., (son of James Glenn Beall), a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., June 19, 1927; graduated Yale University 1950; served in the United States Navy 1945-1946; member, general insurance firm of Beall, Garner & Geare, Inc.; elected to Maryland house of delegates in 1962 and reelected in 1966; minority floor leader 1963-1968; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection; was elected in 1970 as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; unsuccessful candidate in 1978 for election as Governor of Maryland; resumed the insurance business in Cumberland, Md.; was a resident of Frostburg, Md. until his death on March 24, 2006; interment in Frostburg Memorial Park.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

Contributed by A. Newell

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