| LC control no. | n 85158301 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beck, James B. (James Burnie), 1822-1890 |
| Variant(s) | Beck, James Burnie, 1822-1890 |
| Birth date | 1822-02-13 |
| Death date | 1890-05-03 |
| Place of birth | Dumfriesshire (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Transylvania University United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Memorial addresses on the life and character of James B. Beck (a Senator from Kentucky), 1891. MoSU-L/NLT files (hdg.: Beck, James Burnie, 1822-1890) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, January 15, 2016: (Beck, James Burnie, a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, February 13, 1822; immigrated to the United States in 1838 and settled in Wyoming County, N.Y.; moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1843 and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1846; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Lexington; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1875); appointed in May 1876 a member of the commission to define the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia; elected to the United States Senate in 1876; reelected in 1882, again in 1888, and served from March 4, 1877, until his death in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 1890; Democratic Conference Chairman 1885-1890; chairman, Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Forty-sixth Congress); interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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