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Former Md. (U.S.) Senator J. Glenn Beall Jr. Dies at 78
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Mar 28, 2006 01:45pm |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, March 24, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington Post article.
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"J. Glenn Beall, Jr., 78, a retired insurance executive and member of a prominent political family who served his native Maryland in the state House of Delegates, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, died March 24 at his home in Frostburg. He had carcinoid cancer, which had been diagnosed in 1998.
In business, public service and politics, Sen. Beall largely followed in the footsteps of his father, J. Glenn Beall, a moderate Western Maryland Republican congressman who served in the U.S. House from 1942 to 1952 and the U.S. Senate from 1952 to 1964.
During some of his father's early campaign swings, the younger Beall spent hours on the back roads of Montgomery, Washington and Garrett counties driving his father in the family's sedan to meet with potential voters.
"Public service -- whether it's elected, community or civil -- service above self was the topic of every discussion in the family," said George Beall, a brother of J. Glenn Beall Jr., and one of three sons in the family.
A political moderate and natural orator who appeared studious and courtly, Sen. J. Glenn Beall Jr. campaigned as a Republican when he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1962. At the time, equal accommodation legislation was a divisive issue; Mr. Beall favored integration of public facilities and a pro civil rights agenda.
He served as the minority floor leader in the House of Delegates until 1969 when he defeated Democratic challenger Goodlow Byron for the open seat of Maryland's Sixth District of the U.S. House of Representatives." |
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