# Horatio Beck

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{{Short description|American politician (1810–1872)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
 | name               = Horatio Beck
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 | state_delegate     = Maryland
 | district           = [Kent County](/source/Kent_County%2C_Maryland)
 | term_start         = 1867
 | term_end           = 1872
 | alongside          = [William Welch](/source/William_Welch_(Maryland_politician)), [Stephen A. Boyer](/source/Stephen_A._Boyer), [William B. Wilmer](/source/William_B._Wilmer)
 | predecessor        = [Samuel Comegys](/source/Samuel_Comegys) and [Lewin Usilton](/source/Lewin_Usilton)
 | successor          = [James W. Hurtt](/source/James_W._Hurtt) and William B. Wilmer
 | birth_name         = 
 | birth_date         = {{birth date|1810|3|7}}
 | birth_place        = [Kent County, Maryland](/source/Kent_County%2C_Maryland), U.S.
 | death_date         = {{death date and age|1874|6|11|1810|3|7}}
 | death_place        = 
 | resting_place      = 
 | party              = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
 | spouse             = {{marriage|Mary Matilda Miller|1835}}
 | children           = 8
 | relatives          = [Solomon Scott Beck](/source/Solomon_Scott_Beck) (grandson)<br />[William W. Beck](/source/William_W._Beck) (grandson)
 | education          = 
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 | 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](/source/Maryland_House_of_Delegates), representing [Kent County](/source/Kent_County%2C_Maryland) from 1867 to 1872.

==Early life==
Horatio Beck was born on March 7, 1810, at the Beck farm in [Kent County, Maryland](/source/Kent_County%2C_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](/source/Archive.org) |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>

==Career==
Beck was a Democrat. He served in the [Maryland House of Delegates](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Solomon_Scott_Beck) and [William W. Beck](/source/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](/source/Cecil_Whig) |page=5 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Newspapers.com) |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>

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Category:1810 births
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Category:People from Kent County, Maryland
Category:Farmers from Maryland
Category:Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly

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