James B. Beck
James Beck | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | James Burnie Beck February 13, 1822 Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK |
| Died | May 3, 1890 (aged 68) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Lexington Cemetery Lexington, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Transylvania University (BA) |
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James Burnie Beck (February 13, 1822 – May 3, 1890) was a Scottish-American
Senator from Kentucky
.
Life
Born in
U.S. Vice President who became a Confederate
general; during the Civil War, Beck was interrogated by a military commission about his knowledge of his former partner's activities.
After the war, Beck was elected as a
civil rights for African Americans.[1]
He was reelected three times as a Representative, serving from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1875.
In 1876, Beck was appointed a member of the commission to define the boundary line between
Democratic Conference Chairman from 1885 to 1890, and the chairman of the Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
. He was prominent in the discussion of tariff and currency questions.
He is interred at Lexington Cemetery. His son, George T. Beck, was a noted politician and entrepreneur in the state of Wyoming.
See also
- List of United States senators born outside the United States
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
Notes
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References
- United States Congress. "James B. Beck (id: B000289)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for James Beck. 51st Cong., 2nd sess. from 1890 to 1891. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891.
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.