John Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006) was an American politician and businessman from the

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. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress for one term each, a member of the

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from 1969 to 1971, and as a member of the

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from 1971 to 1977. He was also a member of the

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from 1962 to 1968.

Life and career

Beall was born in

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, the eldest of three. His father was J. Glenn Beall, who served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a 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, served as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland (1970–1975), and in 1973, prosecuted

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for bribery. Beall served in the

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from 1945 to 1946 and graduated from

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in 1950. While at Yale, he was an active member of the

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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

and was re-elected in 1966. He served as minority floor leader from 1963 until his 1968 election to the 91st Congress. Beall served one term in the U.S. House, representing Maryland's 6th congressional district, and then ran for the U.S. Senate in

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, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Joseph Tydings. Six years later, he lost

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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

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in 1978 but lost to Democratic nominee

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by an overwhelming margin. In the Senate, Beall "sponsored legislation that created the Senate Budget Office and the

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. 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

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, 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 on March 24, 2006 at age 78.http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=735888 WTOP article regarding death He was interred in Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery.

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