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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Valentine BEAMER
(1896-1964)
BEAMER, John Valentine, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm in Wabash County, Ind.,
November 17, 1896; attended the public schools of Roann, Ind.; was
graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1918;
during the First World War served in the Field Artillery; employed
with Service Motor Truck Co., Wabash, Ind., 1919-1921;
representative for the Century Co., school textbook publisher, New
York and Chicago, 1921-1928; vice president and general manager,
Wabash (Ind.) Baking Powder & Chemical Co., 1928-1941; vice
president and sales manager, Union Rock Wool Corp., Wabash, Ind.,
1935-1942; owner and operator of a farm near Wabash, Ind.; served
in the State house of representatives in 1949 and 1950; elected as
a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress;
member of the National Selective Service Appeal Board from March
1960 until his resignation September 1, 1961; died in Anderson,
Ind., September 8, 1964; interment in Falls Cemetery, Wabash,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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