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Beck</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1922_James_Beck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/1922_James_Beck.jpg/220px-1922_James_Beck.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/1922_James_Beck.jpg/330px-1922_James_Beck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/1922_James_Beck.jpg/440px-1922_James_Beck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="1597" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">1922 <a href="/wiki/Autochrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Autochrome">Autochrome</a> by <a href="/wiki/Auguste_L%C3%A9on" class="mw-redirect" title="Auguste Léon">Auguste Léon</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 8, 1927 – September 30, 1934</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_M._Hazlett" title="James M. Hazlett">James M. Hazlett</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wilson" title="William H. Wilson">William H. Wilson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district">1st district</a> <span class="nowrap">(1927–1933)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a> <span class="nowrap">(1933–1934)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">17th <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_the_United_States" title="Solicitor General of the United States">United States Solicitor General</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 1, 1921 – May 11, 1925<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Warren G. Harding</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_L._Frierson" title="William L. Frierson">William L. Frierson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_D._Mitchell" title="William D. Mitchell">William D. Mitchell</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">9th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Attorney_General" title="United States Assistant Attorney General">United States Assistant Attorney General</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1900–1903</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Edmund_Boyd" title="James Edmund Boyd">James Edmund Boyd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Clark_McReynolds" title="James Clark McReynolds">James Clark McReynolds</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">James Montgomery Beck</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1861-07-09</span>)</span>July 9, 1861<br /><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 12, 1936<span style="display:none">(1936-04-12)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_Cemetery" title="Rock Creek Cemetery">Rock Creek Cemetery</a><br />Washington, D.C., U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (before 1900)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Moravian_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian College">Moravian College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Montgomery Beck</b> (July 9, 1861 – April 12, 1936) was an American lawyer, politician, and author from <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_the_United_States" title="Solicitor General of the United States">U.S. Solicitor General</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beck was born July 9, 1861, in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, the son of Margaretta C. (née Darling) and James Nathan Beck.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1880, he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Moravian_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian College">Moravian College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem, Pennsylvania</a>. He was 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. He was admitted to the bar of New York City in 1903, and to the bar of England in 1922. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beck served as assistant <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a> for the eastern district of Pennsylvania from 1888 to 1892 and as United States attorney in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> from 1896 to 1900. In 1898, he ran for <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> of Philadelphia, but lost to <a href="/wiki/P._Frederick_Rothermel" title="P. Frederick Rothermel">P. Frederick Rothermel</a>. Switching from a <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Democrat" title="Bourbon Democrat">Pro-Cleveland Democrat</a> to a Republican in 1900, he was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a> as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Attorney_General" title="United States Assistant Attorney General">Assistant Attorney General</a> of the U.S. at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice</a> in the same year, where he served until his resignation in 1903. He then returned to the full-time practice of law, joining the firm of <a href="/wiki/Shearman_%26_Sterling" title="Shearman & Sterling">Shearman & Sterling</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. In 1917, he left that firm to become senior partner in Beck, Crawford & Harris, and retired from active practice in 1927 to run for Congress from Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-justice_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, he took a strong stand against the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> in extensive writings and addresses.<sup id="cite_ref-colliers_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colliers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected a bencher of <a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Inn" title="Gray's Inn">Gray's Inn</a> in 1914, the first foreigner in 600 years to receive that distinction. He also received decorations from <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and authored several books and articles on <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and on the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution of the United States</a>. Among his books are <i>The Evidence in the Case</i> (1914) and <i>War and Humanity</i> (1916).<sup id="cite_ref-colliers_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colliers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beck was an elected member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a> (1926).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solicitor_General">Solicitor General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Solicitor General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Warren G. Harding</a> as <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_the_United_States" title="Solicitor General of the United States">Solicitor General of the United States</a> in 1921 and served until his voluntary resignation in 1925, when he again resumed the practice of law. During his term as solicitor general, he had charge of more than 800 cases before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a>. He personally and successfully argued more than 100 of these cases, including <i><a href="/wiki/Ozawa_v._United_States" title="Ozawa v. United States">Ozawa v. United States</a></i>. </p><p>His <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a> views are reflected in his 1924 book <i>The Constitution of the United States</i>, which was a best-seller and went through seven printings in ten months. A special edition of 10,000 copies, with a foreword written by President-elect <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a>, was distributed to schools and libraries across the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Representative">U.S. Representative</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: U.S. Representative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After resigning as solicitor general, Beck became involved in the legal fight of <a href="/wiki/William_S._Vare" class="mw-redirect" title="William S. Vare">William S. Vare</a>, who was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> but denied a seat because of irregularities in the election. In response, Beck wrote <i>The Vanishing Rights of States</i> in which he argued that the U.S. Constitution did not permit the U.S. Senate to exclude a member chosen through an election. The debate that followed the book's publishing, raising Beck's public profile and making him a prominent option to fill the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> seat vacated by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/James_M._Hazlett" title="James M. Hazlett">James M. Hazlett</a>. </p><p>Beck was elected to the Seventieth Congress, was reelected to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses and served from November 8, 1927, until his resignation on September 30, 1934. </p><p>He was active in the movement to repeal the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Eighteenth Amendment</a>, which he said had no place in the constitution. He also fended off legal questions about his official residence and thus eligibility to represent Philadelphia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_battles">Legal battles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legal battles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beck resigned his seat in the House of Representatives over strong objections to President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Roosevelt">Franklin Roosevelt</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a>. In a statement released at the time of his resignation, he stated that <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> had become "merely a rubber stamp for the Executive." </p><p>He joined the lawsuit against the New Deal-created <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a> and argued the case in the Supreme Court in December 1935, declaring the organization unconstitutional and <a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialistic</a>. In the final weeks before his death, he served as counsel in the case of an oil stock dealer accused of violating the <a href="/wiki/Securities_Act_of_1933" title="Securities Act of 1933">Securities Act of 1933</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beck was married to Lilla Lawrence Mitchell (1861–1956), the daughter of James and Emeline Lawrence Mitchell of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and later of <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>. They had two children together:<sup id="cite_ref-MrsBeckObit1956_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MrsBeckObit1956-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Beck_Jr." title="James M. Beck Jr.">James Montgomery Beck Jr.</a> (1892–1972)<sup id="cite_ref-JMBObit1972_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMBObit1972-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who married <a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Hon.</a> <a href="/wiki/Clare_Tennant" title="Clare Tennant">Clarissa "Clare" Tennant</a> (1896–1960), a daughter of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Tennant,_1st_Baron_Glenconner" title="Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner">Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner</a> and the former <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Wyndham" title="Pamela Wyndham">Pamela Wyndham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-npg_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npg-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After their divorce, he married Mary Ridgely Carter.<sup id="cite_ref-MrsBeck1974_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MrsBeck1974-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Beatrice Beck (1897–1980), who married foreign service officer <a href="/wiki/Somerville_Pinkney_Tuck" class="mw-redirect" title="Somerville Pinkney Tuck">Somerville Pinkney Tuck</a> in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-1924Wedding_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1924Wedding-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After their 1934 divorce, she married Snowden Andrews Fahnestock (a grandson of banker <a href="/wiki/Harris_C._Fahnestock" title="Harris C. Fahnestock">Harris C. Fahnestock</a>), in 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-1936Wedding_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1936Wedding-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beck died April 12, 1936, in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, at age 74, and is buried at <a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_Cemetery" title="Rock Creek Cemetery">Rock Creek Cemetery</a> in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-JMBObit1936_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMBObit1936-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beck's widow, Lilla Lawrence Mitchell, died over 20 years later, on August 1, 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-MrsBeckObit1956_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MrsBeckObit1956-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_M._Beck&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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CQ Press. p. 428. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781608717446" title="Special:BookSources/9781608717446"><bdi>9781608717446</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Supreme+Court+A+to+Z&rft.pages=428&rft.pub=CQ+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=9781608717446&rft.aulast=Jost&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXodNCgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT504&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+M.+Beck" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html">"The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Beck to Beckbissinger"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Political+Graveyard%3A+Index+to+Politicians%3A+Beck+to+Beckbissinger&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticalgraveyard.com%2Fbio%2Fbeck.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+M.+Beck" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-justice-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-justice_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.justice.gov/osg/bio/james-m-beck">"Solicitor General: James M. 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(1921). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Beck, James Montgomery"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Collier%27s_New_Encyclopedia_(1921)/Beck,_James_Montgomery">"Beck, James Montgomery" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Collier%27s_Encyclopedia" title="Collier's Encyclopedia">Collier's New Encyclopedia</a></i>. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Beck%2C+James+Montgomery&rft.btitle=Collier%27s+New+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=P.+F.+Collier+%26+Son+Company&rft.date=1921&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+M.+Beck" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=James+M.+Beck&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced">"APS Member History"</a>. <i>search.amphilsoc.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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JAMES M. BECK, 98; Widow of Onetime Solicitor General of U.S. Is Dead"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BECK DIES; A SOCIETY FIGURE, 80"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 6 December 1972<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=JAMES+M.+BECK+DIES%3B+A+SOCIETY+FIGURE%2C+80&rft.date=1972-12-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1972%2F12%2F06%2Farchives%2Fjames-m-beck-diesi-a-soqsr-fijur-soi.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+M.+Beck" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-npg-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-npg_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp66669/hon-clarissa-clare-tennant-tennyson-later-beck">"Hon. Clarissa ('Clare') Tennant (Tennyson, later Beck)"</a>. <i>www.npg.org.uk</i>. <a href="/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London" title="National Portrait Gallery, London">National Portrait Gallery, London</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.npg.org.uk&rft.atitle=Hon.+Clarissa+%28%27Clare%27%29+Tennant+%28Tennyson%2C+later+Beck%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npg.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fsearch%2Fperson%2Fmp66669%2Fhon-clarissa-clare-tennant-tennyson-later-beck&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+M.+Beck" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MrsBeck1974-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MrsBeck1974_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/18/archives/mrs-james-beck-founded-newport-music-carnival.html">"Mrs. James Beck, Founded Newport Music Carnival"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 18 April 1974<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BRIDE OF S. P. TUCK JR.; President and Mrs. Coolidge at the Wedding of Daughter of Solicitor General"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=MISS+BEATRICE+BECK.+BRIDE+OF+S.+P.+TUCK+JR.%3B+President+and+Mrs.+Coolidge+at+the+Wedding+of+Daughter+of+Solicitor+General.&rft.date=1924-10-26&rft.aulast=TIMES&rft.aufirst=Special+to+THE+NEW+YORK&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1924%2F10%2F26%2Farchives%2Fmiss-beatrice-beck-bride-of-p-tuck-jr-president-and-mrscodidge-a.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+M.+Beck" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1936Wedding-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1936Wedding_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTIMES1936" class="citation news cs1">TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (30 April 1936). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1936/04/30/archives/mrs-beatrice-tuck-is-bride-at-capital-daughter-of-late-james-m-beck.html">"MRS. BEATRICE TUCK IS BRIDE AT CAPITAL; Daughter of Late James M. Beck Is Married to Col. Snowden Andrew Fahnestock"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BECK, 74, NEW DEAL FOE, DIES; One of Foremost Authorities on the Constitution Stricken Suddenly in Capital"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Stokes</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Pennsylvania02 !"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district">Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1933–1934 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wilson" title="William H. Wilson">William H. 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Reed">D. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Scott_Vare" title="William Scott Vare">W. Vare</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Butler" title="Thomas S. Butler"><i>T. Butler</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Walton_Griest" class="mw-redirect" title="William Walton Griest">W. Griest</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephen_G._Porter" title="Stephen G. Porter">S. Porter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Scott_Graham" class="mw-redirect" title="George Scott Graham">G. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Raymond_Kiess" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar Raymond Kiess">E. Kiess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Morin" title="John M. Morin">J. Morin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Wilson Temple">H. Temple</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_P._Darrow" title="George P. Darrow">G. Darrow</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_Thomas_McFadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Thomas McFadden">L. McFadden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Winfield_Watson" title="Henry Winfield Watson">H. Watson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melville_Clyde_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Melville Clyde Kelly">M. C. Kelly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Guy_Edgar_Campbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Guy Edgar Campbell">G. Campbell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Leroy_Strong" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Leroy Strong">N. Strong</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Milton_William_Shreve" class="mw-redirect" title="Milton William Shreve">M. Shreve</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Austin_Kendall" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Austin Kendall">S. Kendall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Ransley" title="Harry C. Ransley">H. Ransley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Casey" title="John J. Casey">J. Casey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Connolly" title="James J. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Martin_Wyant" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Martin Wyant">A. Wyant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_M._Beers" title="Edward M. Beers">E. Beers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Banks_Kurtz" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacob Banks Kurtz">J. Kurtz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Hawley_Watres" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Hawley Watres">L. Watres</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Austin_Welsh" title="George Austin Welsh">G. Welsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_M._Golder" title="Benjamin M. Golder">B. Golder</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_Magrady" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick William Magrady">F. Magrady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Menges" title="Franklin Menges">F. Menges</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_Kent" title="Everett Kent">E. Kent</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Grey_Bushong" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Grey Bushong">B. Bushong</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Mitchell_Chase" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mitchell Chase">J. Chase</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cunningham_Cochran" title="Thomas Cunningham Cochran">T. Cochran</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hoffer_Doutrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Hoffer Doutrich">I. Doutrich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_Allison_Estep" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Allison Estep">H. Estep</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_M._Hazlett" title="James M. Hazlett"><i>J. Hazlett</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Russell_Leech" class="mw-redirect" title="James Russell Leech">J. Leech</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Maffet_Palmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrus Maffet Palmer">C. Palmer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Swick" title="J. Howard Swick">J. H. Swick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>J. Beck</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Wolfenden" title="James Wolfenden"><i>J. Wolfenden</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/71st_United_States_Congress" title="71st United States Congress">71st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_A._Reed" title="David A. Reed">D. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Scott_Vare" title="William Scott Vare"><i>W. Vare</i></a> (R)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Grundy" title="Joseph R. Grundy"><i>J. Grundy</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Davis" title="James J. Davis"><i>J. Davis</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Walton_Griest" class="mw-redirect" title="William Walton Griest"><i>W. Griest</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephen_G._Porter" title="Stephen G. Porter"><i>S. Porter</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Scott_Graham" class="mw-redirect" title="George Scott Graham">G. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Raymond_Kiess" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar Raymond Kiess"><i>E. Kiess</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Wilson Temple">H. Temple</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_P._Darrow" title="George P. Darrow">G. Darrow</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_Thomas_McFadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Thomas McFadden">L. McFadden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Winfield_Watson" title="Henry Winfield Watson">H. Watson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melville_Clyde_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Melville Clyde Kelly">M. C. Kelly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Guy_Edgar_Campbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Guy Edgar Campbell">G. Campbell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Leroy_Strong" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Leroy Strong">N. Strong</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Milton_William_Shreve" class="mw-redirect" title="Milton William Shreve">M. Shreve</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Austin_Kendall" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Austin Kendall">S. Kendall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Ransley" title="Harry C. Ransley">H. Ransley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Casey" title="John J. Casey"><i>J. Casey</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Connolly" title="James J. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Martin_Wyant" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Martin Wyant">A. Wyant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_M._Beers" title="Edward M. Beers">E. Beers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Banks_Kurtz" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacob Banks Kurtz">J. Kurtz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Hawley_Watres" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Hawley Watres">L. Watres</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Austin_Welsh" title="George Austin Welsh">G. Welsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_M._Golder" title="Benjamin M. Golder">B. Golder</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_Magrady" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick William Magrady">F. Magrady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Menges" title="Franklin Menges">F. Menges</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_F._Brumm" title="George F. Brumm">G. Brumm</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Mitchell_Chase" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mitchell Chase">J. Chase</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cunningham_Cochran" title="Thomas Cunningham Cochran">T. Cochran</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hoffer_Doutrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Hoffer Doutrich">I. Doutrich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_Allison_Estep" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Allison Estep">H. Estep</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Russell_Leech" class="mw-redirect" title="James Russell Leech">J. Leech</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Swick" title="J. Howard Swick">J. H. Swick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Beck</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Wolfenden" title="James Wolfenden">J. Wolfenden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_R._Coyle" title="William R. Coyle">W. Coyle</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Esterly" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Joseph Esterly">C. Esterly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Sullivan_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Patrick J. Sullivan (Pennsylvania politician)">P. Sullivan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_Turpin" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Murray Turpin"><i>C. Turpin</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Roland_Kinzer" title="J. Roland Kinzer"><i>J. Kinzer</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Frederick_Erk" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Frederick Erk"><i>E. Erk</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Rich" title="Robert F. Rich"><i>R. Rich</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/72nd_United_States_Congress" title="72nd United States Congress">72nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_A._Reed" title="David A. Reed">D. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Davis" title="James J. Davis">J. Davis</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Scott_Graham" class="mw-redirect" title="George Scott Graham"><i>G. Graham</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Wilson Temple">H. Temple</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_P._Darrow" title="George P. Darrow">G. Darrow</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_Thomas_McFadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Thomas McFadden">L. McFadden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Winfield_Watson" title="Henry Winfield Watson">H. Watson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melville_Clyde_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Melville Clyde Kelly">M. C. Kelly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Guy_Edgar_Campbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Guy Edgar Campbell">G. Campbell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Leroy_Strong" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Leroy Strong">N. Strong</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Milton_William_Shreve" class="mw-redirect" title="Milton William Shreve">M. Shreve</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Austin_Kendall" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Austin Kendall">S. Kendall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Ransley" title="Harry C. Ransley">H. Ransley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Connolly" title="James J. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Martin_Wyant" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Martin Wyant">A. Wyant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_M._Beers" title="Edward M. Beers"><i>E. Beers</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Banks_Kurtz" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacob Banks Kurtz">J. Kurtz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Austin_Welsh" title="George Austin Welsh"><i>G. Welsh</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_M._Golder" title="Benjamin M. Golder">B. Golder</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_Magrady" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick William Magrady">F. Magrady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_F._Brumm" title="George F. Brumm">G. Brumm</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Mitchell_Chase" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mitchell Chase">J. Chase</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cunningham_Cochran" title="Thomas Cunningham Cochran">T. Cochran</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hoffer_Doutrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Hoffer Doutrich">I. Doutrich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_Allison_Estep" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Allison Estep">H. Estep</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Russell_Leech" class="mw-redirect" title="James Russell Leech"><i>J. Leech</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Swick" title="J. Howard Swick">J. H. Swick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Beck</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Wolfenden" title="James Wolfenden">J. Wolfenden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_R._Coyle" title="William R. Coyle">W. Coyle</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Sullivan_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Patrick J. Sullivan (Pennsylvania politician)">P. Sullivan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_Turpin" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Murray Turpin">C. Turpin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Roland_Kinzer" title="J. Roland Kinzer">J. R. Kinzer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Frederick_Erk" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Frederick Erk">E. Erk</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Rich" title="Robert F. Rich">R. Rich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Boland" title="Patrick J. Boland">P. Boland</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_L._Haines" title="Harry L. Haines">H. Haines</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Norton_Lewis_Lichtenwalner" class="mw-redirect" title="Norton Lewis Lichtenwalner">N. Lichtenwalner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Stokes" title="Edward L. Stokes"><i>E. Stokes</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_William_Stull" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard William Stull"><i>H. Stull</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Franklin_Biddle" title="Joseph Franklin Biddle"><i>J. Biddle</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lee_Davis" title="Robert Lee Davis"><i>R. Davis</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/73rd_United_States_Congress" title="73rd United States Congress">73rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_A._Reed" title="David A. Reed">D. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Davis" title="James J. Davis">J. Davis</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_P._Darrow" title="George P. Darrow">G. Darrow</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_Thomas_McFadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Thomas McFadden">L. McFadden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Winfield_Watson" title="Henry Winfield Watson"><i>H. Watson</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melville_Clyde_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Melville Clyde Kelly">M. C. Kelly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Leroy_Strong" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Leroy Strong">N. Strong</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_C._Ransley" title="Harry C. Ransley">H. Ransley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_K._Focht" title="Benjamin K. Focht">B. Focht</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Connolly" title="James J. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Edmonds" title="George W. Edmonds">G. Edmonds</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Banks_Kurtz" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacob Banks Kurtz">J. Kurtz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_F._Brumm" title="George F. Brumm">G. Brumm</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cunningham_Cochran" title="Thomas Cunningham Cochran">T. Cochran</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hoffer_Doutrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Hoffer Doutrich">I. Doutrich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Swick" title="J. Howard Swick">J. H. Swick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Beck</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Wolfenden" title="James Wolfenden">J. Wolfenden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_Turpin" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Murray Turpin">C. Turpin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Roland_Kinzer" title="J. Roland Kinzer">J. R. Kinzer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Rich" title="Robert F. Rich">B. Rich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Boland" title="Patrick J. Boland">P. Boland</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_L._Haines" title="Harry L. Haines">H. Haines</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Stokes" title="Edward L. Stokes">E. Stokes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_M._Berlin" title="William M. Berlin">B. Berlin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Twing_Brooks" title="J. Twing Brooks">J. T. Brooks</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_N._Crosby" title="Charles N. Crosby">C. Crosby</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._William_Ditter" title="J. William Ditter">J. W. Ditter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matthew_A._Dunn" title="Matthew A. Dunn">M. Dunn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ellenbogen" title="Henry Ellenbogen">H. Ellenbogen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_I._Faddis" title="Charles I. Faddis">C. Faddis</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Muldowney" title="Michael Joseph Muldowney">M. Muldowney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Emanuel_Richardson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Emanuel Richardson">W. Richardson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Buell_Snyder" title="J. Buell Snyder">J. B. Snyder</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alfred_M._Waldron" title="Alfred M. Waldron">A. Waldron</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Walter" title="Francis E. Walter">F. Walter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Oliver_W._Frey" title="Oliver W. Frey"><i>O. 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