John Glenn BEALL, Jr., Congress, MD (1927-2006)

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