# J. Glenn Beall Jr. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/J._Glenn_Beall_Jr. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/J._Glenn_Beall_Jr..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Glenn_Beall_Jr. > Source revision: 1346067896 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For his father, also a representative and senator from Maryland, see [J. Glenn Beall](/source/J._Glenn_Beall). **John Glenn Beall Jr.** (June 19, 1927 – March 24, 2006) was an American politician and businessman from the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Maryland](/source/Maryland). A member of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he served in both chambers of the United States Congress for one term each, a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from 1969 to 1971, and as a member of the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) from 1971 to 1977. He was also a member of the [Maryland House of Delegates](/source/Maryland_House_of_Delegates) from 1962 to 1968. ## Life and career Beall was born in [Cumberland, Maryland](/source/Cumberland,_Maryland), the eldest of three. His father was [J. Glenn Beall](/source/J._Glenn_Beall), who served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a U.S. Representative from Maryland's 6th congressional district (1943–1953) and as a U.S. Senator from Maryland (1953–1965). His younger brother, [George Beall](/source/George_Beall_(attorney)), served as [United States Attorney for the District of Maryland](/source/United_States_Attorney_for_the_District_of_Maryland) (1970–1975), and in 1973, prosecuted [Vice President](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) [Spiro Agnew](/source/Spiro_Agnew) for bribery.[1] Beall served in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) from 1945 to 1946 and graduated from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) in 1950. While at Yale, he was an active member of the [Yale Political Union](/source/Yale_Political_Union). He then went into the insurance business as a member of the general insurance firm of Beall, Garner & Geare, Inc. In 1962, Beall was elected as a Republican to the [Maryland House of Delegates](/source/Maryland_House_of_Delegates) and was re-elected in 1966. He served as minority floor leader from 1963 until his [1968 election](/source/1968_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections) to the [91st Congress](/source/91st_United_States_Congress).[2] Beall served one term in the U.S. House, representing [Maryland's 6th congressional district](/source/Maryland's_6th_congressional_district), and then ran for the U.S. Senate in [1970](/source/1970_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland), narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat [Joseph Tydings](/source/Joseph_Tydings). Six years later, he lost [re-election](/source/1976_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland) to [Paul Sarbanes](/source/Paul_Sarbanes) by 39% to 57%. His eighteen-point margin of defeat was one of the widest for an incumbent senator in U.S. history. With [Aris T. Allen](/source/Aris_T._Allen) as his running mate, Beall ran for [Governor of Maryland](/source/Governor_of_Maryland) in 1978 but lost to Democratic nominee [Harry Hughes](/source/Harry_Hughes) by an overwhelming margin. In the Senate, Beall "sponsored legislation that created the Senate Budget Office and the [Congressional Budget Office](/source/Congressional_Budget_Office). He served as one of the first members of the Senate Budget Committee. He was a principal sponsor of The Physician Manpower Shortage Act, which brought more doctors to rural areas, and the C&O Canal Development Act, establishing the [Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park](/source/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_National_Historical_Park), among others."[3] Beall served as the President and Chairman of the charity The League for Crippled Children from 1978 until the time of his death.[4] Beall resumed the insurance business in Cumberland and was very active in the local community until his death as a result of cancer on March 24, 2006 at age 78.[5] He was interred in Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery. ## References 1. Sandomir, Richard (January 18, 2017). ["George Beall, Prosecutor Who Brought Down Agnew, Dies at 79"](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/us/george-beall-dead-prosecuted-agnew.html?smid=pl-share). *The New York Times*. Retrieved August 25, 2019. 1. Estrada, Louie (March 25, 2006). ["Longtime Maryland Politician, Insurance Exec J. Glenn Beall Jr."](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/24/AR2006032401983.html). *The Washington Post* 1. "Deaths". *Tulsa World*. March 26, 2006. 1. ["Beall Jr, J. Glenn"](https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/03/27/beall-jr-j-glenn/). *The Baltimore Sun*. March 27, 2006. Retrieved October 3, 2014. 1. [http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=735888](http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=735888) WTOP article regarding death [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071011122306/http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=735888) October 11, 2007 at the Wayback Machine --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [J. Glenn Beall Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Glenn_Beall_Jr.) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Glenn_Beall_Jr.?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.