Preceded by Joseph Tydings Nationality American Parents James Glenn Beall Succeeded by Paul Sarbanes Religion Episcopalian Education Yale University | Preceded by Charles Mathias, Jr. Name John Beall, Party Republican Party Succeeded by Goodloe Byron Spouse Nancy Beall | |
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Born June 19, 1927
Cumberland, Maryland ( 1927-06-19 ) Role Member of the United States Senate Died March 24, 2006, Cumberland, Maryland, United States | ||
Service/branch United States Navy | ||
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.
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 R. 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."
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. He is interred in Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery.