{{Short description|American politician (1810–1872)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Horatio Beck | image = | alt = | caption = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = Kent County | term_start = 1867 | term_end = 1872 | alongside = William Welch, Stephen A. Boyer, William B. Wilmer | predecessor = Samuel Comegys and Lewin Usilton | successor = James W. Hurtt and William B. Wilmer | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1810|3|7}} | birth_place = Kent County, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1874|6|11|1810|3|7}} | death_place = | resting_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Matilda Miller|1835}} | children = 8 | relatives = Solomon Scott Beck (grandson)<br />William W. Beck (grandson) | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}} | signature = }}
'''Horatio Beck''' (March 7, 1810 – June 11, 1874) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Kent County from 1867 to 1872.
==Early life== Horatio Beck was born on March 7, 1810, at the Beck farm in Kent County, Maryland, to John Beck.<ref name="md">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/freestateofmaryl03kumm/page/998/mode/2up |last=Kummer |first=Frederic Arnold |title=The Free State of Maryland: A History of the State and its People, 1634–1941 |year=1941 |pages=998–999 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Career== Beck was a Democrat. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Kent County from 1867 to 1872.<ref name="md"/><ref name="msa">{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/kehouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Kent County (1790-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2008-08-22 |access-date=2024-07-06}}</ref> He also worked as a farmer.<ref name="md"/>
==Personal life== Beck married Mary Matilda Miller of Kent County on April 7, 1835. They had eight children, Samuel, Merritt, Walter Hodges, George, Clarence Benjamin, James Lawrence, Sophia and Thomas H.<ref name="md"/> His son Samuel was a clerk of the circuit court and his grandsons Solomon Scott Beck and William W. Beck were state senators.<ref name="md"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cecil-whig-dr-samuel-beck-15-feb-1/150814237/ |title=Dr. Samuel Beck |date=1896-02-15 |newspaper=Cecil Whig |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-william-w-beck-died-to/150811538/ |title=William W. Beck Died Today in Baltimore |date=1923-04-05 |newspaper=The News-Journal |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref> He was a vestryman of St. Paul's Church in Kent County.<ref name="church">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/souvenirhistoryo00denr/page/28/mode/2up |title=A souvenir history of the parish of St. Paul's, Kent County, Maryland |year=1893 |page=29 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>
Beck died on June 11, 1874.<ref name="md"/><ref name="church"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/middletown-transcript-hon-horatio-beck/150792283/ |title=Horatio Beck... |date=1874-06-27 |newspaper=Middletown Transcript |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>
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