James M. Beck

James Montgomery Beck (born July 9, 1861 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † April 12, 1936 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician , lawyer and United States Solicitor General .

biography

After attending Moravian College in Bethlehem in 1880, he was admitted to the bar in the state of Pennsylvania in 1884 and was then a partner in the law firm Harrity & Beck from 1885 to 1898 . Beck was initially a member of the Democratic Party . He was appointed Assistant District Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1888 and held that office until 1892. Between 1896 and 1900 he was himself as the successor to Ellery P. Ingham federal prosecutor for this district ( Eastern District of Pennsylvania ).

After joining the Republican Party in 1900, he became an employee of the United States Department of Justice , where he was assistant to the Attorney General until 1903 . After retiring from government service, he joined Shearman & Sterlin as an attorney, a major law firm that now has more than 1,000 attorneys and is based in New York City .

In June 1921, James M. Beck was appointed Solicitor General by US President Warren G. Harding . He held the third highest office in the US Department of Justice until June 1925. During this time, his portrait appeared as the cover story of the news magazine Time on May 5, 1923. He also published a textbook on the United States Constitution in 1924 entitled The Constitution of the United States .

In 1927 he was elected as a representative of the Republicans to the US House of Representatives and represented there from November 8, 1927 until his resignation on September 30, 1934, the 1st and finally the 2nd constituency of the state of Pennsylvania. Since 1926 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

Web links

James M. Beck in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
James M. Beck in nndb (English)

Individual evidence

^ Member History: James M. Beck. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 26, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Beck, James M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beck, James Montgomery (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician, lawyer, and United States Solicitor General
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	April 12, 1936
Place of death	Washington, DC

[1] Member History: James M. Beck. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 26, 2018 .