Harry P. Beam

Harry Peter Beam ( born November 23, 1892 in Peoria, Illinois, † December 31, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1931 and 1942 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1899, Harry Beam came with his parents to Chicago. Later he attended St. Mary 's School in Marshalltown (Iowa ) and the Holy Family School in Chicago. In 1912, he graduated from St. Ignatius College, also in Chicago. After a subsequent law studies at the city's Loyola University and his 1916 was admitted as a lawyer in Chicago, he began to work in this profession. During the First World War, he served from May to December 1918 in the U.S. Navy. Between 1923 and 1927 he served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel member of the advisory committee of the city of Chicago. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1930, Beam was in the fourth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas A. Doyle on March 4, 1931. After five elections he could remain until his resignation on December 6, 1942 at the Congress. Since 1941 he was chairman of the Committee on Memorials. During his time in Congress, the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Since 1941 the work of the Congress of the events of the Second World War was marked.

Beams resignation took place after his election to the municipal judge in Chicago. After several re- elections he held that post until 1964. He also still practiced as a private attorney. Since 1964, Harry Beam lived in retirement. He died on December 31, 1967 in Chicago, where he was also buried.