James Andrew Beall

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James Andrew Beall

James Andrew Beall (born October 25, 1866 in Midlothian , Texas , †  February 12, 1929 in Dallas , Texas) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1915 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Beall attended public schools in his home country. In the years 1884 and 1885 he taught himself as a teacher. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Texas at Austin and his admission as a lawyer in 1890, he began to work in Ellis County in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1892 to 1895 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Texas ; between 1895 and 1899 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the 1902 congressional elections , Beall was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Choice B. Randell on March 4, 1903 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1915 . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. Between 1911 and 1913, Beall chaired the Justice Department's Expenditure Control Committee. In 1914 he renounced another candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, James Beall practiced as a lawyer in Dallas. He also worked in the banking business. From 1921 he was president of Texas Electric Railway . He died on February 12, 1929 in Dallas, where he was also buried.

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