# Adam Beeler

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{{Short description|American judge (1879–1947)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix = [The Honorable](/source/The_Honorable)
|name             = Adam Beeler
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|image            = Adam Beeler.jpg
|caption          = Adam Beeler in 1927
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|office           = Justice of the [Washington Supreme Court](/source/Washington_Supreme_Court)
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|term_start       = {{Start date|1930|01|1}}
|term_end         = {{End date|1932|01|01}}
|president        = 
|succeeding       = 
|predecessor      = [Walter M. French](/source/Walter_M._French)
|successor        = [William J. Steinert](/source/William_J._Steinert)<ref name="penny">{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=Phil|title=A Penny for the Governor, A Dollar for Uncle Sam|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle, WA|isbn=0295803266|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zInClETstzoC&dq=William+J.+Steinert&pg=PA89|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|office1          = Member of the [Washington House of Representatives](/source/Washington_House_of_Representatives) for the 36th District
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|term_start1      = {{Start date|1922|01|01}}
|term_end1        = {{End date|1928|01|01}}
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|birth_date       = {{birth date|1879|10|11}}
|birth_place      = Bluffington, [Wells County, Indiana](/source/Wells_County%2C_Indiana), U.S.
|death_date       = {{death date and age|1947|03|25|1879|10|11}}
|death_place      = [Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington), U.S.
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|birth_name       = Adam Madison Beeler
|party            = Republican
|spouse           = Florence Leona Scott
|relations        = 
|children         = 3 Madison, Elizabeth and Virgina
|alma_mater       = Indiana University (BA)<BR>[George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University) (JD)
|occupation       = Lawyer, politician, judge
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'''Adam Madison Beeler''' (October 11, 1879 – March 25, 1947) was a justice of the [Washington Supreme Court](/source/Washington_Supreme_Court) from 1930 until 1932. Beeler served as a [King County Superior Court](/source/King_County_Superior_Court) Judge between April 6, 1928, and September 30, 1930, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor [Roland H. Hartley](/source/Roland_H._Hartley).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/View/F1B2F0DB7E942C08023890F7097AE3BF|title=Adam Beeler, Oaths of Office, 1854-2014, Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives|date=September 30, 1930|accessdate=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312064103/http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/View/F1B2F0DB7E942C08023890F7097AE3BF|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Born in Bluffton, [Wells County, Indiana](/source/Wells_County%2C_Indiana), to Peter and Elizabeth Beeler, he attended the [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University_Bloomington), where he met his future wife, Florence Leona Scott (November 30, 1887 – January 12, 1960), and was graduated in 1903.<ref name="delta">{{cite book|title=The seventh general catalogue of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity|date=1917|publisher=Delta Tau Delta Fraternity|location=New York, NY|pages=286, 566|url=https://archive.org/stream/seventhgeneralca00delt/seventhgeneralca00delt_djvu.txt|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref> He then attended [George Washington University Law School](/source/George_Washington_University_Law_School).<ref name="delta"/> He was married to Florence Scott on April 8, 1909, in [Seattle](/source/Seattle),<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalogue for 1908-1909 of the University of Washington|date=1909|publisher=E.L. Boardman|location=Olympia, WA|page=73|url=https://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/archive/GenCat1908-10v1.pdf|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref> and they had a son and two daughters: Madison Scott Beeler, Elizabeth Beller, and Virginia Jean Beeler.<ref>[http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/5AB2259FFCCE2890B03C0502B645ADA4 Washington Digital Archives]</ref><ref>[http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/F36C6423D40A640E7E72AB386616CFCE Washington Digital Archives 2]</ref>

Beeler had served in the [Washington House of Representatives](/source/Washington_House_of_Representatives)<ref>{{cite news|title=Adam Beeler in Race for State Senator's Toga|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1922-07-20/ed-1/seq-15/#date1=1918&index=7&date2=1924&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Adam+Beeler&proxdistance=5&state=Washington&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=adam+beeler&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 9, 2017|work=The Seattle star|date=July 20, 1922|page=15}}</ref> from 1922 until 1928. In 1932, Beeler resigned his court seat to run for [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate), and after losing the primary he was considered in November 1932 as a replacement to [Wesley Livsey Jones](/source/Wesley_Livsey_Jones), following his death.<ref name="penny"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Political Gossip|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=869&dat=19320819&id=bJNaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hkoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6086,3092457|accessdate=June 9, 2017|work=The Ellensburgh Capital|date=August 19, 1932}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fclipping_II&CISOPTR=35835&DMSCALE=100.00000&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMOLDSCALE=8.21468&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%2520Adam&DMTHUMB=1&REC=1&DMROTATE=0&x=14&y=3|title=Adam Beeler Favored for Senate Job|newspaper=Spokane Press|location=Spokane, Washington|date=November 22, 1932|accessdate=March 11, 2016|archive-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312062848/http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/clipping_II&CISOPTR=35835&DMSCALE=100.00000&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMOLDSCALE=8.21468&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20Adam&DMTHUMB=1&REC=1&DMROTATE=0&x=14&y=3|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Adam Beeler Dies at His Seattle Home|date=March 26, 1947|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19470326&id=x9tXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lvUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7442,2926112&hl=en|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Spokane, Washington|accessdate=March 11, 2016}}</ref>

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