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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJames Montgomery BECK
(1861-1936)
BECK, James Montgomery, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July
9, 1861; attended the public schools and was graduated from
Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa., in 1880; employed as clerk for a
railway company in 1880 and studied law at night; was admitted to
the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; admitted to
the bar of New York City in 1903, and to the bar of England in
1922; served as assistant United States attorney for the eastern
district of Pennsylvania 1888-1892 and as United States attorney
1896-1900; appointed by President William McKinley as assistant to
the Attorney General of the United States in 1900 and served until
his resignation in 1903; continued the practice of law in
Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington from 1903 to 1921; was
elected a bencher of Gray’s Inn in 1914, being the first
foreigner in 600 years to receive that distinction; also received
decorations from France and Belgium; author of several books and
articles on the First World War and on the Constitution of the
United States; appointed by President Warren G. Harding as
Solicitor General of the United States in 1921 and served until his
resignation in 1925; resumed the practice of law; elected as a
Republican to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of James M. Hazlett; reelected to the
Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses and
served from November 8, 1927, until his resignation on September
30, 1934; resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as an
author; died in Washington, D.C., April 12, 1936; interment in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Bibliography
Keller, Morton. In Defense of Yesterday; James M. Beck and the
Politics of Conservatism, 1861-1936. New York: Coward-McCann,
1958.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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