James Andrew Beall

James Andrew Beall ( born October 25, 1866 Midlothian, Texas, † February 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1903 and 1915 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Beall attended the public schools of his home. In the years 1884 and 1885, he taught himself as a teacher. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Texas at Austin and his 1890 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Ellis County in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1892 to 1895 he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives; 1895-1899 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1902, Beall was in the fifth electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Choice B. Randell on March 4, 1903. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1915 six legislative periods. In 1913 were the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution ratified. Between 1911 and 1913, Beall was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Department of Justice. In 1914 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives James Beall practiced law in Dallas. He also became active in banking. Since 1921 he was president of Texas Electric Railway. He died on February 12, 1929 in Dallas, where he was also buried.